Ghana Counts Votes Amid Hopes for Economic Recovery
Ghana Counts Votes Amid Hopes for Economic Recovery
By Fly Cable News
Ghana voted in a presidential and parliamentary election on Saturday amid hopes for an economic revival after the worst financial crisis in a generation, which led to a major debt default in the West African nation.
President Nana Akufo-Addo is stepping down next month after serving the two terms allowed by the constitution in Ghana, the world’s second-largest cocoa producer and a significant gold miner. Twelve candidates are vying to succeed him, but the race is seen as primarily between Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, chosen successor of Akufo-Addo’s New Patriotic Party (NPP), and former President John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Opinion polls tipped Mahama, who served as president from 2012 to 2016, for a potential comeback.
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