{"id":277236,"date":"2016-12-16T09:18:22","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T09:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=277236"},"modified":"2016-12-16T09:18:22","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T09:18:22","slug":"theresa-may-lauds-nana-addos-impressive-election-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/theresa-may-lauds-nana-addos-impressive-election-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Theresa May lauds Nana Addo’s ‘impressive’ election victory"},"content":{"rendered":"
The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has hailed President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo for what she described as his \u201cimpressive\u201d victory in the December elections.<\/p>\n
The British Prime Minster, in a letter, congratulated the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Flagbearer for a “hard-fought campaign and that the margin of victory was impressive.”<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n President John Mahama became the first incumbent to lose a re-election bid as Nana Akufo-Addo won the December presidential poll with an overwhelming 53.85% of the total valid votes cast, against the President Mahama’s 44.40%.<\/p>\n Prime Minister May looked ahead with optimism to future collaboration as she noted that\u00a0\u201cour two countries share a strong and long-standing relationship, and one which I value deeply. I believe that the period ahead offers us a great opportunity to do more together.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI look forward to continuing our excellent co-operation on defence, drugs, crime and national security, and to working together on challenges such as tackling corruption\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cAlongside our ongoing support to Ghana in areas such as governance, poverty reduction, education and health, I hope that we can look to deepen our economic co-operation,\u201d Prime Minister May
\n<\/a> added in the letter.<\/p>\n