The President elect for Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be sworn in today, January 7, 2021 for his second term of serving the nation as a President.
This comes after being declared winner of the 2020 Presidential elections held on December 7th 2020.
The event which will take place at the parliament house is expected to attract some members of the judiciary led by the Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, the legislature, heads of states from other countries, the media, the security agencies among others.
So far, the heads of state of Senegal, Cote D’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea, Chad, Liberia, Togo, Guinea Bissau, Benin and Niger have confirmed their attendance.
The countries whose Foreign Ministers will be represented are Gambia, Nigeria, Gabon, Gambia, India, France.
The remaining representatives of countries also include the UK Minister for Africa, US Special Envoy, President of ECOWAS Commission, AU Commission Chairperson among others.
Meanwhile, as at 12 a.m. on January 7th, 2021, the 7th parliament was dissolved to allow the election of a new speaker and two Deputy Speakers, in accordance with articles 95, 96 and 100(2) of the 1992 Constitution.
The Speaker is yet to be selected after nine hours of dissolving parliament.
Members of the 8th parliament are also yet to be sworn in.
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