Nana Akufo-Addo says Mr. Mahama’s honourable act of conceding defeat as a sitting president to make way for him to serve will go down in Ghana’s democratic history.
Speaking at an event Saturday to mark his investiture as President and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as Vice President of the 4th Republic of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo paid glowing tribute to the country’s former leaders and living ex-Presidents: Jerry John Rawlings, John Kufuor, and John Mahama.
He prayed God keeps the soul of departed President John Evans Atta Mills who defeated him in the 2008 election.
After the felicitations, he thanked John Mahama for his service to the nation adding, who he said stepped into the presidency at a “delicate moment” in the country’s history with the death in office of a sitting president.
“He has since steered the affairs of the state with conviction. His elegance by acceptance of the verdict of the people December 7 will without doubt receive the approval of history…I wish him and his family well…”
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Source: Myjoyonline.com
