President elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been sworn in as the President of the 4th Republic of Ghana.
He was sworn in by Chief Justice, K. Anin Yeboah on 7th January 2021, exactly a month after he won the 2020 elections which was held on December 7th 2020.
He leads the country for the next four years.
Speaking at event, President Akufo-Addo thanked the Almighty God and the Ghanaian people, for renewing his mandate in office for four more years, in the elections of 7th December.
He assured all Ghanaians that he will do his best to deliver on his mandate.
“It is a demonstration of the confidence and trust you, the Ghanaian people, have reposed in me, not only in appreciation for the achievements chalked throughout my first four (4) years, but more significantly for the considerable amount of work that is to be done over the next four (4) years, in our drive to take our nation firmly onto the path of progress, prosperity and development, following the havoc wreaked by COVID-19,” he said.
He added that,”This is a task I wholeheartedly accept, and I assure all Ghanaians that I will do my utmost to deliver on this mandate.”
Akufo-Addo who noticed that the accomplishment of this mandate is going to take place within the context of Ghana’s maturing democracy said,”The Ghanaian people have manifested, time and again, in these twenty-eight (28) years of the 4th Republic, their determination to build a free, democratic, peaceful nation, which is respectful of individual liberties and human rights, the rule of law, and the principles of democratic accountability.”
He added that,”A governance structure built on the separation of powers provides the best vehicle for the protection of these values, with a well-resourced Judiciary and Parliament as the principal accountability organs of the State. This has been the main thrust of public policy in these past four years, and will continue to be so in the next. The unity and stability of our country are the welcome outcomes of such a development.”
He was of the belief that,”This is how we can ensure, in the words of one of the great figures of Ghanaian nationalism, the illustrious Joseph Boakye Danquah, that we have “a system of government under which those who are in control of government are under the control of those who are governed”.
Akufo-Addo was also of the belief that the sheer can-do-spirit of the Ghanaian, is the bedrock on which we can build the Ghana of our dreams.
“Indeed, four years ago, at my first inauguration, I urged all Ghanaians to be, and I quote, “citizens and not spectators”. I appealed to you to be active participants in the effort to help build the Ghana we want – the democratic, free, prosperous and united Ghana envisioned by our founding fathers as the Black Star of Africa,” he stated.
Meanwhile, he said in his first term as President, he was able to count on the contribution of all citizens in attempting to create this Ghana.
“What I have seen these last four years is further evidence, if any were needed, that the Ghanaian will no longer accept poverty and deprivation as his or her portion, but is rather determined to work to chart a path of growth and development for himself or herself,” he added.
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