President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, congratulated President-elect John Mahama on his victory within the December 7 basic election in Ghana.
This got here after his rival, the nation’s vice chairman and ruling get together candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, conceded defeat on Sunday.
Bawumia stated he conceded defeat earlier than the official outcomes to ease tensions after reported fights in a number of native constituencies.
Though the Electoral Fee has but to announce the outcomes, Bawumia’s ruling Nationwide Democratic Congress stated its inner evaluate confirmed Mahama main with 56.3 per cent of the vote towards its 41.3 per cent.
An announcement signed on Sunday by Tinubu’s Particular Adviser on Data and Technique, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, stated, “In a phone name to Mahama, President Tinubu hoped that Mahama’s ascension to energy for the second time would additional deliver stability to the Financial Group of West African States, of which President Tinubu is the chairman.”
The assertion was titled, ‘Ghana: President Tinubu congratulates President-Elect John Mahama in a phone name.’
President Tinubu recommended the individuals of Ghana for his or her dedication to democracy, which was demonstrated by way of the peaceable and profitable conduct of each the presidential and parliamentary elections.
“He applauded Ghanaians for demonstrating once more to the world that democracy is the popular path to reaching political stability, financial growth, social justice, and clear governance in Africa.
“He affirmed that Nigeria’s and the area’s perception within the rules of the individuals’s proper to decide on their leaders freely will stay a supply of delight.
“The Nigerian chief applauded the candidate of the governing New Patriotic Get together, the Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, for conceding defeat earlier than the official announcement by Ghana’s Electoral Fee,” Onanuga revealed.
President Tinubu stated Bawumia’s stance bolstered Ghana’s democratic ethos.
He famous that President-elect Mahama’s return to Jubilee Home, having served as President from 2012 to 2017, displays the Ghanaian individuals’s belief in his stewardship and imaginative and prescient to take the nation to better heights.
Mahama served as Vice President of Ghana from 2009 to 2012, a member of parliament from 1997 to 2009, and held deputy and ministerial roles between 1998 and 2001.
Tinubu stated he regarded ahead to working with President Mahama’s incoming administration to strengthen bilateral ties throughout numerous sectors and construct a brighter future within the West Africa area.
Additionally, the President of the Financial Group of West African States Fee, Dr. Omar Touray, has prolonged congratulations to the individuals of Ghana for conducting profitable and customarily peaceable presidential elections on December 7, 2024.
Touray recommended the democratic maturity displayed all through the electoral course of and praised the graceful transition of energy.
He congratulated Ghana’s former president, Mahama, on his electoral victory and lauded Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia for his statesmanship in conceding defeat promptly.
“The President of the ECOWAS Fee, H.E. Dr Omar Touray, congratulates Ghanaian individuals on their profitable and generally-peaceful elections.
“The President of the Fee additionally congratulates His Excellency John Mahama on his victory.
“The President equally commends Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia for his well timed concession, which demonstrates his statesmanship and love for nation,” an announcement from the fee learn on Sunday.
In an analogous vein, former governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, congratulated Ghana’s President-elect on his victory within the nation’s current basic elections.
In an announcement, Dr. Fayemi additionally recommended Bawumia, the presidential candidate of the incumbent New Patriotic Get together, for his gracious concession speech, noting that “his acceptance of the electoral final result within the spirit of peace and nationwide unity exemplifies the easiest of African political management.’’
Fayemi stated: “As a good friend to each males and a dedicated advocate of democratic rules throughout Africa, I lengthen my heartfelt congratulations to the President-elect of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, on his resounding victory within the just lately concluded basic elections. This triumph displays the belief and confidence the individuals of Ghana have in his management and imaginative and prescient for his or her nation.
‘’I equally commend Dr. Mahamamudu Bawumia, presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Get together, for his gracious concession speech. His acceptance of the electoral final result within the spirit of peace and nationwide unity exemplifies the easiest of African political management.
‘’Dr. Bawumia’s determination to position the curiosity of Ghana above private ambition reinforces the values of democracy and demonstrates a maturity that may undoubtedly function a mannequin for political actors throughout the continent.
“As Africans, we should draw classes from Ghana’s instance. The supremacy of the individuals’s will is the cornerstone of democracy and the will to serve should all the time align with the mandate freely given by the voters, not by way of coercion or manipulation.”