The chairman, Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has hailed Ghana for the seamless conduct of the 2024 presidential election.
Former President John Mahama emerged winner of Ghana’s presidential election held on Saturday, December 7, 2024, after his fundamental opponent, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, conceded defeat.
The top of the Nigerian electoral umpire who monitored the election, in a video posted on INEC’s social media platform, mentioned Ghanaian politicians all the time keep in a single political occasion, resulting in the soundness of democracy within the West African nation.
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Yakubu acknowledged that Ghana learnt the observe of managing outcomes on the constituency degree from Nigeria.
“Hardly ever in Ghana do you see folks transferring from one occasion to a different with each normal election. So, that’s essential.
“It offers stability. It additionally offers their supporters (with) stability. So, there are individuals who have supported political events for a few years. So, whether or not the occasion is in energy or opposition, they follow the political occasion.
“The second factor for me is the lesson that Ghana additionally learnt from Nigeria within the space of managing constituency election outcomes. Till the final election in Ghana, all outcomes come to the Electoral Fee’s headquarters in Accra; which is parliamentary and presidential.
“Though Ghana shouldn’t be a federal system, they learnt from Nigeria the place you have got returning officers who announce outcomes for parliamentary elections within the numerous constituencies across the nation. Solely the presidential election outcomes come to Accra.
“In Nigeria, that is what we’ve achieved they usually borrowed a go away from us, and that is the second time they’re implementing that. That’s the reason, as you may see, the declaration of the presidential election outcome was lots sooner than it was once prior to now.
“We’re grateful that the election has gone very effectively. The method and its final result to date have been commendable, and we proceed to help our colleagues in Ghana’s Electoral Fee,”he added.
