Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has congratulated President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana over his victory at the polls,
describing his re-election for a second term, as a testimony of his performance in office.
In a letter of congratulations to Akufo-Addo, Obasanjo however, urged him “to remain as enthusiastic, as energetic, as focused, and as committed as he had been in the last four years in serving the people of Ghana and indeed the rest of Africa for the next four years again.”
He also charged the President “to be magnanimous in victory, unite the nation, and bring all hands on deck for the growth, development and progress of Ghana.”
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Obasanjo, in the letter issued by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, while noting that Akufo-Addo has been re-elected at a crucial time when the world was emerging from the socio-economic devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, encouraged him “to take leadership and explore all available means both in Ghana and in the rest of Africa to secure safe, effective, available, and affordable COVID-19 vaccines for all Ghanaians and their African brothers and sisters.”
He added: “But in doing so, I urge you not to lose sight of your determination to have a “Ghana beyond aid.””
The former President who had days before the Ghanaian election, which held on December 7, written to the leaders of the two prominent parties, the NPP and NDC on the need for peaceful elections, also congratulated the winning party and the supporters on the victory in the Presidential elections.
“Once again, congratulations on your re-election as President of the Republic of Ghana and may God give you even more wisdom and strength to lead your great country.”
