Akufo-Addo Sworn-In

Nana Akufo-Addo has finally been sworn-in as President of Ghana.

He is to begin his second and final term in office as President of Ghana.

He was sworn-in on Thursday, January 7, 2021, at the forecourt of Parliament House in Accra by Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah.

Prior to that, Justice Anin-Yeboah had sworn-in Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.

Mr Akufo-Addo is to serve as President until January 7, 2024.

He first became President on January 7, 2017 after landslide victory in the 2016 polls.

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has congratulated both Mr Akufo-Addo and Dr Bawumia, on their assumption of office as President and Vice President for the second term.
Meanwhile minority NDC MPs were conspicuously absent.

By Melvin Tarlue

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