Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has expressed optimism about his chances of winning the presidential election.Ghanaians went to polls on Saturday with frontrunners Bawumia and opposition NDC party, ex-president John Mahama, facing off in a tight race for the country's top post.
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia of the ruling New Patriotic Party has expressed optimism about his chances of winning the presidential election.
Touting a slogan"Break the 8" - a reference to the usual two, four-year terms in power - the NPP hopes Bawumia can lead them to an unprecedented third term in office. But he struggled to break away from criticism of Akufo-Addo's economic record. Wearing a traditional white smock, Bawumia voted early on Saturday in his hometown of Walewale in the north of Ghana.
Ghana's government temporarily closed all land borders on Friday night through Sunday to"ensure the integrity" of the vote, an interior ministry statement said.One man was arrested in possession of a weapon at an Accra polling station, Ghana Police said.Ghana's struggling economy dominated the election after the West African gold and cacao producer went through a debt default, high inflation and negotiations for a $3 billion IMF bailout.
"We want to vote for change, the economic situation is very hard," retired policeman James Nsiah said, waiting to cast his ballot at a booth in the Jamestown area of Accra.Polling closed at 1700 GMT and counting started immediately.
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