“NDC Must Concede Defeat for the sake of Persons With Disability, Pregnant Women and Children” – Hon Andrews Owusu

The Assembly member of Sasa Bomso Electoral area in the Afigya Kwabre District of the Ashanti Region, Hon Andrews Owusu has pleaded with former president John Dramani Mahama and his NDC to ensure the peace of the nation remains unchanged by accepting the just ended election results and concede defeat.

Speaking in an interview with Myghanamedia’s report, he stated that, the results of the elections has been gazetted hence the amount of protest or demonstration can course violence and if there is a violence , the pregnant women, children, persons with disability and other can not survive in the country.

He therefore appealed to Former President John Dramani  Mahama and his NDC  to concede defeat and rather prepare themselves for 2024 general elections to maintain the peace in the country.

Background

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo narrowly beat his long-time rival John Mahama to win a second term, the electoral commission announced on Wednesday.

But Ghana’s main opposition party has rejected the results of the presidential and legislative vote, citing alleged irregularities.

Akufo-Addo, 76, won by a slim margin securing 51.59% of the total votes cast, while opposition leader former President John Mahama secured 47.36%.

In his victory speech, Akufo-Addo called for unity.

“Now is the time, irrespective of political affiliations, to unite, join hands and stand shoulder to shoulder,” he told his cheering supporters.

Local and international election monitors have said that the elections were transparent, free and fair.

But tensions rose on Monday after Mahama,62, claimed to have won a parliamentary majority and warned Akufo-Addo against stealing the vote.

Mahama alleged that Akufo-Addo had harnessed the military in a bid to sway the outcome, a claim the government said was false.

“You cannot use the military to try and overturn some of the results in constituencies that we have won. We will resist any attempts to subvert the sovereign will of the Ghanaian people,” Mahama said.

Source: Obofo Michael – Myghanamedia.com (Reporter – Kumasi)