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The Presidential Candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress, John Mahama, has rejected outrightly the outcome of the 2020 polls that declared President Akufo-Addo’s victory.
He insisted he will not accept anything short of a declaration of the legitimate results describing the polls as “fictionalised.”
“I stand before you tonight unwilling to accept the fictionalised result of a flawed election,” Mr. Mahama said at a press conference on Thursday evening.
President Akufo-Addo won the presidential with 6,730,587 (51.302%) of the vote.
Mr. Mahama came second with 6,213,182 votes representing 47.359%, according to the Electoral Commission.
Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo has announced a 15-member transition team that will superintend the transfer of power from his past administration to the new one set to begin on January 7, 2021.
The transition team is headed by the Chief of Staff at the Presidency Akosua Frema Opare. Other members include Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo, Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta among others.This is in accordance with, the Presidential Transition Act, 2012, (Act 845) enacted to govern the transition from one administration to another.
