Sequel to his formal declaration of his victory by Ghana Electoral Commission, newly elected President John Dramani Mahama, has made public some of his plans and programmes for the people of the country.
The president promised to deliver Ghanians from the doldrums of hardship and economic crisis they are battling.
He acknowledged that citizens are suffering high cost of living and said his government would embark on measures to ameliorate the challenges.
Since the country produces cocoa, gold and oil, hit the popularity of Akufo-Addo’s government and increased momentum for a change in leadership, the new president said he would tap into the rich assets of Ghana to transform it.
Mahama said his victory is a pointer to the fact that the Ghanaian people have little tolerance for bad governance, promising to embark on severe measures and governance reforms that would reset the nation’s economy.
Assuring citizens of better life, Mahama, in an interview before the election, Mahama pledged he would seek to renegotiate terms of a $3-billion International Monetary Fund bailout secured last year to restructure the country’s debt.
He said he would prioritise ease of business regulations, introduce a 24-hour triple-shift work system, enact tax reforms and invest $10 billion in modernising infrastructure.
Mahama, Ghana’s former president and main opposition leader was formally declared winner of the just concluded Presidential election in the country.
The 66-year-old politician who once served as Ghana’s president from 2012 to 2016, had defeated Bawumia whom he described as a representation of the continuation of the policies that led to Ghana’s worst economic crisis in a generation.
The Ghana Electoral Commission through provisional results noted that he won Saturday’s presidential election with 56.55 per cent of the vote.
Mahama’s main rival, vice president and ruling-party presidential candidate Mahamudu Bawumia, had accepted defeat on Sunday in both presidential and legislative elections to ease tensions.
According to the electoral commission, it had counted votes from 267 out of the West African country’s 276 constituencies. Voter turnout was 60.9 per cent.
The new President described his mandate as a constant reminder of what fate awaits the country if his government fails to reach the aspirations of the people and govern with arrogance.
