Ghana’s former President John Mahama wins election
Al Jazeera
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia concedes defeat, congratulates former President John Mahama.
Ghana’s former President John Dramani Mahama has won the country’s presidential election after his main opponent, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, conceded defeat.
“The people of Ghana have spoken, the people have voted for change at this time and we respect it with all humility,” Bawumia said in a news conference on Sunday.
The defeat in Saturday’s election ends two terms in power for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) under President Nana Akufo-Addo, marked by Ghana’s worst economic crisis in years, involving high inflation and a debt default.
Bawumia said he called Mahama, of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), to congratulate him.
The vice president said Mahama won the presidency “decisively”. The NDC won the parliamentary election, according to the NPP’s internal tally of votes.
