Wild celebrations erupt across Ghana as Mahama is declared President-elect

After the Electoral Commissioner, Jean Mensa, declared John Dramani Mahama as the President-elect in the just-ended 2024 elections, some Ghanaians took to the streets of Ghana to express their excitement.

Some NDC faithful also took to the office of the president-elect to jubilate as he addressed the nation for the first time after he was declared the winner of the elections.

In a video taken by GhanaWeb Entertainment, some individuals were seen jubilating on the streets of Accra.

According to those who spoke to GhanaWeb's Joseph Henry Mensah, they were excited because of the policies John Mahama will implement when sown into office on January 7, 2025.

Some also indicated that they were tired of the economic hardships and therefore positive John Mahama would ease their burdens.

"Right now everything happening in the country is not good, so I want change, that is the reason why I voted for Mahama. I will get free first tertiary so I am happy Mahama won the election," A young man said.

A season 2 Di Asa winner also added "I am very happy with what is going on, above all I am happy that Mahama won the election. When he comes into power he will do a lot of things for me and I am happy because the country is in a mess now."

Background

The 2024 general election witnessed John Dramani Mahama victorious after the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa, announced the results on December 9, 2024.

John Mahama won with a landslide victory over the flagbearer of the NPP's Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.

John Mahama won with a total of 6,328,397 votes representing 56.55% while Bawumia polled 4,657,304 votes representing 41.61%.

Watch as Mahama addresses Ghanaians following his historic re-election:



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