Akufo-Addo congratulates President-elect of Liberia George Weah
Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated President-elect of Liberia George Oppong Weah.
With nearly all ballots from Tuesday’s run-off vote counted, the
former football star is well ahead of opponent Joseph Boakai with more
than 60% of the vote.
In a Facebook post, Mr. Akufo-Addo wrote “Warm congratulations to
George Oppong Weah on his decisive victory in Liberia’s peaceful
presidential run-off, thus becoming the next President of the Republic
of Liberia.
“Vice President Boakai is also to be commended for the maturity of
his campaign. This election has strengthened the frontiers of democracy
in Liberia, and it is our hope that it will lead to the improvement of
the living standards of Liberians. Best wishes for the success of
President-elect George Weah, and Vice President-elect, Jewel Taylor”.
He will succeed Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first elected female
president, in Liberia’s first democratic handover in decades.
“My fellow Liberians, I deeply feel the emotion of all the nation,” Mr Weah wrote on Twitter after the results were announced.
“I measure the importance and the responsibility of the immense task which I embrace today. Change is on.”
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