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John Atta Mills, Ghana's new president, has taken office following a peaceful but tense election that secured the country's status as one of the continent's few stable democracies. Atta Mills won a run-off election last month with over 50 per cent of the vote.
The closest election in the country's history marked the second time power in Ghana has been transferred from one legitimately elected leader to another.
Analysts say the handover proves democracy in the country has matured after an era of coups and dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s, but tensions still ran high during the election and some had feared violence could erupt.
Most Ghanaians remain among the world's poorest people, earning an average of $3.80 a day. Ghana is the world's second largest cocoa producer and the recent discovery of oil is eventually expected to bring in between $2bn and $3bn a year.
But Atta Mills will have to struggle with the effects of a global economic downturn, and the poor are already complaining that wealth is not trickling down.
http://aljazeera.net
MY COMMENT:
KUDOS TO GHANA! THUMBS UP! This is one of the minute elections that have been reported as being fair and legitimate in Africa. The issue of election rigging and corruption has always been in the fore front of African elections, at some point it kind of seemed like a curse or something but Ghana has demonstrated that it is really possible and can be achieved. Kudos to them once again! Congratulations President Atta Mills on your new office.
To say that most Ghanaians live on average of $3.80 a day is actually high when compared to other African countries living on less than $1.00 a day. Ghana, although still among the world’s poorest countries, is really moving by general African standard. I pray they regulate the oil very well (oil being volatile commodity in Africa).
Cheers Ghana! Cheers Mr. President!
The closest election in the country's history marked the second time power in Ghana has been transferred from one legitimately elected leader to another.
Analysts say the handover proves democracy in the country has matured after an era of coups and dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s, but tensions still ran high during the election and some had feared violence could erupt.
Most Ghanaians remain among the world's poorest people, earning an average of $3.80 a day. Ghana is the world's second largest cocoa producer and the recent discovery of oil is eventually expected to bring in between $2bn and $3bn a year.
But Atta Mills will have to struggle with the effects of a global economic downturn, and the poor are already complaining that wealth is not trickling down.
http://aljazeera.net
MY COMMENT:
KUDOS TO GHANA! THUMBS UP! This is one of the minute elections that have been reported as being fair and legitimate in Africa. The issue of election rigging and corruption has always been in the fore front of African elections, at some point it kind of seemed like a curse or something but Ghana has demonstrated that it is really possible and can be achieved. Kudos to them once again! Congratulations President Atta Mills on your new office.
To say that most Ghanaians live on average of $3.80 a day is actually high when compared to other African countries living on less than $1.00 a day. Ghana, although still among the world’s poorest countries, is really moving by general African standard. I pray they regulate the oil very well (oil being volatile commodity in Africa).
Cheers Ghana! Cheers Mr. President!
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