{"id":275732,"date":"2016-12-10T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T08:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=275732"},"modified":"2016-12-10T08:00:25","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T08:00:25","slug":"ghelections-nana-addo-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/ghelections-nana-addo-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"#GhElections: Nana Akufo-Addo overcomes, sweeps 6 regions to victory"},"content":{"rendered":"
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential Candidate,\u00a0Nana Akufo-Addo, is the next president of the Republic of Ghana.<\/p>\n
The Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, declared Nana Akufo-Add0 President-elect on Friday evening making him the fifth president of Ghana\u2019s fourth republic.<\/p>\n
The NPP Flagbearer, aged 72, secured the Presidency at the third time of asking beating the incumbent, President John Mahama.<\/p>\n
President Mahama becomes the first incumbent to lose a presidential election since Ghana returned to multi-party democracy in 1992.<\/p>\n
The NPP Flagbearer had already acknowledged the concession of five of his six contenders some 36 hours to the official declaration of results by the EC.<\/p>\n
The Candidates of the People’s National Convention (PNC),\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Edward Mahama, the National Democratic\u00a0Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, the Progressive People’s Party (PPP),\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Papa Kwesi Nduom and the independent candidate, Jacob Osei Yeboah, all called him to concede the election.<\/p>\n