A three-time contender for Ghana’s Presidential seat, Nana Akufo-Addo has been named the President-elect of the country after a historic poll in the country. Akufo-Addo polled 5,716,026 of votes representing 53.85 percent against his fiercest rival and incumbent President, John Dramani Mahama’s 4,731,277 votes.
The son of a former President of Ghana (ceremonial 1969 – 1972), he was born in Accra some seventy-two years ago in Nima, a suburb of Accra. He started his education at the Government Boys School, Adabraka – Accra, and later at the Rowe Road School, now known as Kinbu Secondary Technical School also in Accra.
He proceeded to England for his O and A level education before returning to Ghana in 1962. He served as a teacher at Accra Academy Secondary School for about a year before proceeding to the University of Ghana, Legon to read Economics in 1964. Nana Akufo-Addo proceeded to study law in the United Kingdom and was subsequently called to the English and Ghanaian Bar in 1971 and 1975 respectively. Before then, he had relocated to France where he practised law for about five years.
In 1975, he returned to Ghana to pursue his legal career with a private firm before co-founding a law firm; Akufo-Addo, Prempeh & Co. He is named in Ghana’s history as championing the cause of human rights, rule of law and justice in the country in the 1980s. Akufo Addo entered mainstream politics serving as the General Secretary of the People’s Movement for Freedom and Justice (PMFJ) that sought to champion the freedom and rights of Ghanaians. He is credited with working to restore multiparty democratic rule in Ghana in 1979 through a campaign against a referendum for a one-party military-led State. In 1991, he was the chairman of the Organising Committee of the Danquah-Busia Memorial Club; dedicated to the preservation of the memory and ideals of the two great advocates of Ghanaian democracy, J. B. Danquah and K.A. Busia, Prime Minister of the Progress Party government of the 2nd Republic of Ghana.
The clubs, established across the country subsequently became the branches for the now New Patriotic Party. In 1992 when Ghana held its first democratic elections, he was named the first national organiser of the NPP and, later that year, campaign manager of the party’s first presidential candidate, Prof. Albert Adu Boahen. His interest in establishing further promoting his views on democracy in Ghana saw him establish and fund The Statesman newspaper. From 1996 to 2008, he served as the Member of Parliament for the Abuakwa South Constituency of the Eastern Region and later served as an Attorney General and Minister of Justice between 2001 and 2007 under the erstwhile John Kufour Presidency. Under the Kufour-administration, he also served as a Foreign Minister.
In 2008, he made an attempt at ascending the Presidential seat in Ghana but lost to the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) John Evans Atta-Mills. His second attempt against John Mahama of the NDC after the demise of John Evans Mills was unsuccessful. Although he disputed the results of the elections in the Supreme Court, the results were upheld. He however, won the elections with some 53.85% of valid votes cast in the December 2016 polls against President John Mahama’s 44.40%.
Source: Jonas Nyabor/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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GOD bless and keep you Nana. May GOD make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. I love you our Dad.
The choice of Ghanaians be that, all thanks to the most high for such a great bleesing to our nation. Well done presdoo elect
NANA you are warmly welcome. We expected you last 4 years but even now God has made it more BEAUTIFUL in His own time. Please NOTE: Never take Ghanaians for granted in any single statement you make. WE DONT HAVE SHORT MEMORIES neither do we want a ***barred word*** for a president. God bless NANA God bless GAHANA!!!
Infact, Ghana need such a great man. May Almighy God continue to guide you in all your plans. Ghana loves you so much.
Indeed he's a great person,he never gave up,nor reacted when his evil,corrupt and incompetent opponents killed ur person.God has thrown your enemies under your feet.May God keep granting you long life with good health,my president- elect.
YOUR EXCELLENCY NANA ADO DANKWAH AKUFFO ADDO you have indeed inspired many defeatist character men into self believed many for many a man would have given up after these previous attempts and barrages of character assassination mouths that the NDC and you enemies both from within and outsite threw at you. You took all that in you strides and tarried on with your firm faith in God Almighty with a mantra, "the battle is the Lord": indeed the battle is really the Lords and He ensured that you won and won convincingly. Your opponents can't not help but call you their president. May the Almighty God who ensured you victory guide you like King Solomon with wisdom to lead such difficult people like the Ghanaian. I say this not b'cos i am not a Ghanaian but my people are soo cunning that you can hardly read them, they look so pious outwardly but inwardly very callous. Please watch out for those who will hail you even when you are going wrong. May God guide to steer the affairs of this country to the His Glory! A proud Akwapim who has yearned for your presidency with prayers all these years and have most cases lost friends defending your person even though i have never met you before. Pls. Shine like a star from Akwampim.
Nana will bring in some policies which will bring total freedom to the poor..I have always said that its the rich who who help the poor and not.Look at what NDC did.They pretend the are for the poor but when they got the power they amass wealth for themselves.Asiedu Nketia now has five houses in Calgarynt to mention tipper trucks in Ghana.Look at Okudzeto Ablakwa,veteran t h I e fAfriyie. Ankrah
Really severe mother Ghana and de Npp. You deserve the Throne Sir.
NANA PLEASE WE WANT YOU TO HELP THE POOR.