Ghana new president is going to be sworn on saturday name Nana Akufo-Addo after beating incumbent leader John Dramani Mahama in elections last month.
The former human rights lawyer 72yr-old will take the oath of office at a ceremony in Independence Square in central Accra before the present of 6,000 guests and members of the public.
The outgoing president, former leaders john Rawlings and john kufuor and Some 11 heads of state from across Africa are expected to attend.
The capital of Police have pladge to enforce tight security during the inauguration, with major roads in and around the venue cordoned off.
The Traders has set up their stalls nearby hoping to cash in on the ceremony by selling Ghana flags and paraphernalia from Akufo-Addo’s New Patriotic Party.
Mr Akufo-Addo’s electoral victory — and the peaceful transition of power — underlined Ghana’s position as a the things others can be seen from faraway of stability in an often turbulent region. –
‘Gold standard for democracy’ as it was described by One international observer, he said the West African country as a “gold standard for democracy in Africa”.
The new president told African police force (AFP) that after smooth handovers of power in his home country and places such as Nigeria, leaders wanting to stay in office at all costs were “fighting the tide of history”.
He said, In Nigeria — known for contested elections and its violent aftermath — Goodluck Jonathan made an unprecedented concession to Muhammadu Buhari in 2015.
But during the week of election of Akufo-Addo’s , president beaten Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia promised to challenge the results of elections that he had early accepted.
Another place on the continent, there are many examples of leaders wanting to amend the constitution to ensure more years in power.
Nigeria president Buhari and other African leaders will meet for discussion after the inauguration to talk about the crisis in The Gambia caused by Jammeh’s refusal to step down.
“the main decision on the impasse is expected to be taken at that all-important meeting,” president Buhari’s spokesman name Garba Shehu told reporters in Abuja.
“President Buhari is the chief mediator in the happening and he is committed to ensuring that the logjam is being settled.”
Akufo-Addo has pledge to put the West African nation “back on the fit of progress and prosperity” after an economic fall heavily under Mahama that take to an International Monetary Fund bail-out.
Mr Maham has defended his record this week, saying his government had been up against “strong headwinds” that caused growth to slow, public sector debt to rise and the cedi currency to fall.
But Mr maham 58-year-old man have encouraged Ghanaians to get behind Akufo-Addo and on Wednesday showed his successor round the seat of government, Flagstaff House, in Accra.
The former human rights lawyer 72yr-old will take the oath of office at a ceremony in Independence Square in central Accra before the present of 6,000 guests and members of the public.
The outgoing president, former leaders john Rawlings and john kufuor and Some 11 heads of state from across Africa are expected to attend.
The capital of Police have pladge to enforce tight security during the inauguration, with major roads in and around the venue cordoned off.
The Traders has set up their stalls nearby hoping to cash in on the ceremony by selling Ghana flags and paraphernalia from Akufo-Addo’s New Patriotic Party.
Mr Akufo-Addo’s electoral victory — and the peaceful transition of power — underlined Ghana’s position as a the things others can be seen from faraway of stability in an often turbulent region. –
‘Gold standard for democracy’ as it was described by One international observer, he said the West African country as a “gold standard for democracy in Africa”.
The new president told African police force (AFP) that after smooth handovers of power in his home country and places such as Nigeria, leaders wanting to stay in office at all costs were “fighting the tide of history”.
He said, In Nigeria — known for contested elections and its violent aftermath — Goodluck Jonathan made an unprecedented concession to Muhammadu Buhari in 2015.
But during the week of election of Akufo-Addo’s , president beaten Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia promised to challenge the results of elections that he had early accepted.
Another place on the continent, there are many examples of leaders wanting to amend the constitution to ensure more years in power.
Nigeria president Buhari and other African leaders will meet for discussion after the inauguration to talk about the crisis in The Gambia caused by Jammeh’s refusal to step down.
“the main decision on the impasse is expected to be taken at that all-important meeting,” president Buhari’s spokesman name Garba Shehu told reporters in Abuja.
“President Buhari is the chief mediator in the happening and he is committed to ensuring that the logjam is being settled.”
Akufo-Addo has pledge to put the West African nation “back on the fit of progress and prosperity” after an economic fall heavily under Mahama that take to an International Monetary Fund bail-out.
Mr Maham has defended his record this week, saying his government had been up against “strong headwinds” that caused growth to slow, public sector debt to rise and the cedi currency to fall.
But Mr maham 58-year-old man have encouraged Ghanaians to get behind Akufo-Addo and on Wednesday showed his successor round the seat of government, Flagstaff House, in Accra.
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