Ghanaian president sworn in for second term a day after parliamentary scuffles

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Akufo-Addo has been sworn in a day after scuffles broke out in parliament which saw soldiers deployed to restore order.

CAPE TOWN - Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo has been sworn in for a second term on Thursday, a day after scuffles broke out between rival politicians in parliament.

Various media outlets reported on Thursday that mayhem erupted after a lawmaker from the ruling party tried to seize the ballot box during the vote for parliament speaker. The tight December elections saw the country’s Electoral Commission announce that incumbent 76-year-old Akufo-Addo, flag-bearer for the centre-right New Patriotic Party, had won 51.6% of the votes.

According to the Africa Report, the Electoral Commission announced that Mahama won 47.4% of the total, but he claimed that the commission had failed to respond to his party’s questions about what he said were mistakes in voter collation.

 

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