{"id":282533,"date":"2017-01-07T10:46:46","date_gmt":"2017-01-07T10:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=282533"},"modified":"2017-01-07T10:46:46","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T10:46:46","slug":"ghinaug-akufo-addo-bawumias-inauguration-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/ghinaug-akufo-addo-bawumias-inauguration-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"#GhInaug: Akufo-Addo, Bawumia&#8217;s inauguration underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ceremony to swear in Nana Akufo-Addo as Ghana&#8217;s fifth President under the fourth Republic today, [Saturday] January 7, 2017, has started at the Black Star Square in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The Vice President-elect, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, will also be sworn-in at the same event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/3c80a47a-7590-42af-a0dd-241c785bee59.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282692\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/3c80a47a-7590-42af-a0dd-241c785bee59.jpg\" alt=\"3c80a47a-7590-42af-a0dd-241c785bee59\" width=\"800\" height=\"490\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/9d5e6489-349a-4997-9f79-740446460d5d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282684\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/9d5e6489-349a-4997-9f79-740446460d5d.jpg\" alt=\"9d5e6489-349a-4997-9f79-740446460d5d\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled to start at 10:00am, and has the President of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, as the special guest of honour, to be supported by Liberian President, Ellen Jonhson Sirleaf.<\/p>\n<p>Former Kenyan Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, and his deputy, Hassan Joho, are also in attendance at the inauguration ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/0b929999-8414-4948-8577-efaabd089aee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282693\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/0b929999-8414-4948-8577-efaabd089aee.jpg\" alt=\"0b929999-8414-4948-8577-efaabd089aee\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/f1d06294-a488-4216-9c8c-3d3597c796ba.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282691\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/f1d06294-a488-4216-9c8c-3d3597c796ba.jpg\" alt=\"f1d06294-a488-4216-9c8c-3d3597c796ba\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the NPP, about 11 heads of State including those of Togo, Gabon, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Zambia, Benin, Nigeria and Guinea are scheduled to grace the event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/7f4a93b1-3b81-4d15-aa0d-4faad2edfdb2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282563\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/7f4a93b1-3b81-4d15-aa0d-4faad2edfdb2.jpg\" alt=\"7f4a93b1-3b81-4d15-aa0d-4faad2edfdb2\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/9ba3374a-318c-4885-9eb6-ca5d2d2e3ddb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282564\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/9ba3374a-318c-4885-9eb6-ca5d2d2e3ddb.jpg\" alt=\"9ba3374a-318c-4885-9eb6-ca5d2d2e3ddb\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As expected, thousands of NPP sympathisers in their red, white and blue colours, are in a jaunty mood as they cheer on their victorious Flagbearer as he assumes the mantle of governance.<\/p>\n<p>Vendors have also converged on the venue to cash in on the day by selling party and Ghanaian paraphernalia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/dbe5f326-4760-4799-b22c-de84cef6d5f5-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282714\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/dbe5f326-4760-4799-b22c-de84cef6d5f5-1.jpg\" alt=\"dbe5f326-4760-4799-b22c-de84cef6d5f5\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/6504363c-d9e9-4e75-b1ba-cb784bce1875-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282717\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/6504363c-d9e9-4e75-b1ba-cb784bce1875-1.jpg\" alt=\"6504363c-d9e9-4e75-b1ba-cb784bce1875\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Security is tight, with about 5,000 security officers deployed to enforce law and order at the venue, along with a number of access to some roads to venue blocked to traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Akufo-Addo secured the presidency after the\u00a0third time of asking, beating the incumbent, President John Mahama.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Akufo-Addo rode on the back with 53.85 percent of the valid votes cast, to become Ghana&#8217;s fifth president under the fourth Republic.<\/p>\n<p>President Mahama, who ran on the ticket of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), secured 44.40 of valid votes cast.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Akufo-Addo hails from a rich political heritage with three of the iconic Big Six, the founding fathers of Ghana, being his relatives.<\/p>\n<p>J.B. Danquah\u00a0is his grand-uncle; William Ofori-Atta, his uncle and Edward Akufo-Addo, the third Chief Justice of Ghana and later the ceremonial President of the Republic from 1969 to 1972, his father.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Akufo-Addo himself, aged 72, has already served Ghana as the Attorney General and then as Foreign Minister in the John Kufuor-led NPP government from 2000 to 2008.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Photos: Godwin Allotey<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ceremony to swear in Nana Akufo-Addo as Ghana&#8217;s fifth President under the fourth Republic today, [Saturday] January 7, 2017, has started at the Black Star Square in Accra. The Vice President-elect, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, will also be sworn-in at the same event. 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