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Presidential bids

In October 1998, Nana Akufo-Addo competed for the presidential candidacy of the NPP and lost to John Kufuor, the man who eventually won the December 2000 presidential election and assumed office as President of Ghana in January 2001. Akufo-Addo was the chief campaigner for candidate Kufuor in the 2000 election and became the first Attorney General and Minister for Justice of the Kufuor era.

Akufo-Addo resigned from the Kufuor government in July 2007 to contest for the position of presidential candidate of his party, the NPP, for the 2008 elections. Competing against 16 others, he won 48% of the votes in the first round of that election, but was given a unanimous endorsement in the second round, making him the party’s presidential candidate.

In the 7 December 2008 presidential race, he received, in the first round, more votes than John Atta Mills , the eventual winner. In the first round, Akufo-Addo received 4,159,439 votes, representing 49.13% of the votes cast, placing him first, but not enough for the 50% needed for an outright victory. It was the best-ever performance for a first-time presidential candidate in the Fourth Republic. In the run-off, Mills received 4,521,032 votes, representing 50.23%, thus beating Akufo-Addo by the smallest margin in Ghana’s, and, indeed, in Africa’s political history. Akufo-Addo accepted the results without calling even for a recount, thereby helping to preserve the peace, freedom and stability of Ghana. Akufo-Addo again contested in the 2012 national elections against the NDC candidate, the late Mills’ successor as President,

John Mahama , and lost. That election generated considerable controversy, and was finally decided by the Supreme Court in a narrow 5/4 decision in favour of John Mahama. Akufo-Addo is credited with helping to preserve the peace of the country by the statesmanlike manner in which he accepted the adverse verdict of the Court, at a time of high tension in the country.

In March 2014, Akufo-Addo announced his decision to seek his party’s nomination for the third time ahead of the 2016 election . He secured an unprecedented, landslide victory of 94.35% of the votes in the party’s presidential primary in October 2014, in a contest with seven competitors. Akufo-Addo also served as Chair of the Commonwealth Observer Mission for the South African elections in 2014.

On November 30, Addo received the endorsement of the All People Congress in the North region.

CHANGE HAS COME TO GHANA

So Ghana failed to learn from Nigeria example

PMB has truly cause tsunami for incumbent president in losing their 2nd term election
will NDC still mock PMB now

Ok

Okay

zico530:
So Ghana failed to learn from Nigeria example

They actually did learn from Nigeria.......
Use 3 dimensions to read my reply........

zico530:
So Ghana failed to learn from Nigeria example

the change was a must

spartacus11:
PMB has truly cause tsunami for incumbent president in losing their 2nd term election
will NDC still mock PMB now

Baba the record breaker.....

it is now clear that without sympathy vote Mahama can not win elections. that was why his party have to mock PMB to draw sympathy to win vote but Ghanaians was wise

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zico530:
So Ghana failed to learn from Nigeria example

How do you mean? Do you have any idea what the anticedents of the President Elect are? What exactly are his similarities with Buhari?

Why have you people chosen to constantly flood this board with very useless comments for Christ sake?

If Mahama was failing and Ghanians were dissatisfied with his performance, according to how you reason, they still should have stuck with him to death because Buhari isnt living up to expectation.. Can you see how dumb this sounds

Good o . GEJ thank you ooo, Anglophone leading since 1960 Frankophone lean o

Ghana politics is different from Nigeria own.Not a do or die affair, is not a big deal for opposition to win in Ghana, they are use to it.

God bless the good people of Ghana...

Hope it doesn't become another Buhari's Change

The Era of the "Johns" is over. Akufo-Addo had to try 4times for victory to finally smiled on him, a kind of fate shared with PMB. Never give up.
Congrats!

I bet Ghanians will never turn wailers.

CandyDiamond:
Ghana politics is different from Nigeria own.Not a do or die affair, is not a big deal for opposition to win in Ghana, they are use to it.

What, please tell me you didn't type this shhhht

ok

chai!!!! mock not thine annointed!!!











pmb the annointed stray goat..