Ghanaian Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, candidate of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), declared on Sunday that he recognized his defeat in the presidential election the day before, specifying that he had called his opponent John Mahama for the congratulate.
“The people of Ghana have spoken, they have voted for change and we respect that with all humility,” he said at a press conference on Sunday morning in Accra, the capital.
On his X account, Mr Mahama confirmed receiving the congratulatory call from Mr Bawumia.
The vice president said Mr. Mahama had won the presidency “decisively” and that the opposition NDC party had also won the parliamentary elections, according to the ruling party’s internal vote tally.
Ghana’s economic difficulties dominated the elections: Africa’s leading gold producer and the world’s second largest cocoa producer, Ghana faces high inflation and debt, and had to resort to a three billion dollar loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Mr Bawumia had sought to distance himself from criticism of the government’s handling of Ghana’s economic crisis and high cost of living, which have become the main focus of the election.
Ghana’s two main parties, the NPP and the NDC, have alternated in power equally since the return to multi-party politics in 1992.
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