Ghanaians are on the streets to exercise their franchise at the Monday’s ongoing presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana, a West African country.
The poll is fielding Ghana’s incumbent president Nana Akufo-Addo (New Patriotic Party), former president John Mahama (National Democratic Congress) and 10 other presidential candidates.
Meanwhile, former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan as advised the two major contenders to play by the rules and not jeopardize the country’s democracy.
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“The good people of Ghana have always impressed with their pleasant disposition towards civic duties. As they file out today to elect their President and next set of parliamentarians, I urge them to be peaceful and purposeful, as a means of deepening their enviable republican credentials and consolidating democratic experience in Africa.
“I am optimistic that Ghana’s leading presidential candidates, President Nana Akufo-Addo and former President John Dramani Mahama, both of who are cultured politicians, will recommit themselves to promoting a credible polling process, so that at the end of the day, Ghana wins and African gains,” he stated on Facebook.
Among his campaign promises, Addo said his administration would foster peace and unity within the country.
“Let’s stay united. Choose a united Ghana. Vote for Nana Akufo-Addo and the NPP; we are committed to peace and unity,” he stated ahead of today’s (Monday) polls.
But his main opponent, Mahama, is focused on bringing change to Ghana as he says the country “deserves a new beginning”.