Ghana’s Ex-President Gets Massive Mandate to Fix Inflation Woes |

Ghana’s Ex-President Gets Massive Mandate to Fix Inflation Woes

Ghana voted ex-President John Mahama to return to the role he served in eight years ago, handing him a strong mandate to fix the West African nation’s crippling debt burden and high cost of living.

The leader of the National Democratic Congress, who ran the country for about five years, won by the biggest margin in about two decades in the Dec. 7 presidential elections, getting about 56.6% of the vote, the Electoral Commission said on Monday. The ruling-party candidate, Mahamudu Bawumia garnered 41.6%. Mahama’s NDC will also control at least 60% of the seats in parliament, Joy TV reported.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-09/ghana-election-mahama-faces-slew-of-challenges-after-biggest-mandate-in-decades?sref=omvmmwIg

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