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Nana Akufo-Addo was accused of lifting parts of his inauguration speech from previous addresses given by former US presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush. [1] [2] [3] This led to a public uproar with some deeming it as an embarrassment to the country and calling for the sacking of the speechwriter or for someone to take responsibility.
Nana Oye Bampoe Addo, formerly known as Nana Oye Lithur, is a Ghanaian barrister and a politician. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She is a human rights advocate. [ 3 ] She is currently the Deputy Chief of Staff (Administration) at the Office of the President in Ghana.
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was born in Swalaba, a suburb of Accra, Ghana, in 1944, to Adeline Akufo-Addo and Edward Akufo-Addo, members of the prominent Ofori-Atta family. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] His father Edward Akufo-Addo from Akropong-Akuapem was Ghana's third Chief Justice from 1966 to 1970, chairman of the 1967–68 Constitutional Commission and ...
On 29 April 2024, a High Court in Accra dismissed a call to push President Nana Akufo-Addo to assent to the bill passed by parliament. Akufo-Addo had mentioned he would wait for the verdict of two Supreme Court cases challenging the constitutionality of the bill before making a decision. [27] [28]
The election results were announced on 9 December 2016 due to a delay of voting in two areas. At 19:51 local time, Mahama called Akufo-Addo to concede defeat. At 20:45, the Electoral Commission declared that Akufo-Addo had defeated Mahama in a single round. It was the first time in Ghana's history that a sitting president had been defeated for ...
In December, incumbent president Nana Akufo-Addo announced his intentions of contesting for re-election as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate. [146] He was chosen as the NPP candidate in June 2020. This was the third time Akufo-Addo and John Mahama contested against each other in a Ghanaian general election.
According to Spanish outlet El Confidencial, the federation has taken legal action against media outlets, journalists and even Wikipedia as part of a strategy to preserve the president’s image ...
The Free Senior High School (Free SHS) education policy in Ghana was a government initiative introduced in the 2017 September Presidential administration of Nana Akufo-Addo. [1] The policy's origination began as part of the President's presidential campaign during Ghana's 2016 election period , and has become an essential part of Ghana's ...