EC Announces John Mahama As President-Elect, Fireworks And Jubilation At His Office In Accra, Video

• There was excitement and jubilation at the office of John Dramani Mahama's office located in Accra as the chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Jean Adukwei Mensa, announced the final election results
• A video showing a giant screen mounted on the compound as party supporters watched the EC declare the results and the subsequent jubilation and fireworks has gone viral on social media
• Many people in the comment section were overjoyed as they wished they were present at Mahama's office in Accra to experience the euphoria
• Political and Financial Analyst, Isaac Kofi Agyei, spoke to YEN.com.gh about John Dramani Mahama's landslide victory in the elections

A video of party supporters and the media watching as the chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Jean Adukwei Mensa, announced the final election results went viral.

Jubilation at Mahama's office after EC declaration

The heartwarming video was captured from the compound of President-elect John Dramani Mahama's office.

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In a video posted on the Instagram page of the famous Ghanaian blogger GH Hyper, a giant screen was mounted in the car park of Mahama's office.

Many people who watched Jean Mensa announce the final presidential results took out their smartphones to capture the historic moment.

After the EC chairperson mentioned the figures and declared Mahama the president-elect, the jubilation started, and fireworks lit up the sky.

Below are the election results:

Dr Mahamudu Bawumia 4,657,304 (41.61%)

John Dramani Mahama : 6,328,397 (56.55%)

Others: 205,721 (1.84%)

Total valid votes: 11,191,422

Rejected ballots: 239,109

Voter turnout: 60.9%

Jubilation at Mahama's office as EC declares results

Mahama and his family celebrate at his residence

Jubilation at Mahama's office

"The economy made it easy for Mahama to win" - Isaac Kofi Agyei

Political and Financial Analyst, Isaac Kofi Agyei, spoke to YEN.com.gh about John Dramani Mahama's landslide victory in the elections.

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He noted that the poor state of the economy made it easy for the NDC flagbearer to obtain a landslide victory in the 2024 elections. He also added due to the economy, about 40 per cent of Ghanaians who were eligible voters decided to boycott the election.

"If you look at the aspect of the debt restructuring that happened somewhere in 2022 and 2023, we had about 1.3 million pensioners and individual bondholders who suffered or who lost their investment as a result of the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme."

The seasoned SBM Intelligence explained that people also voted for Mahama based on the exchange rate situation, dumsor, unemployment and the high cost of living.

Taking it from the angle of Gen Zs who voted, Mr Agyei stated that over two million of them cast their votes in the 2024 elections, and for first-time voters, there were more than 700,000.

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"If you sample 10 Gen Zs, about eight of them, this is the first time they are experiencing economic hardship and it was under the Akufo-Addo administration."

Empress Gifty laughs at the NPP

YEN.com.gh reported that gospel singer Empress Gifty could not contain her excitement when Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia conceded defeat to former President John Dramani Mahama.

In an exciting video, the Watch Me hitmaker played gospel singer Nacee's Kwen Kwen song, which was the official 2024 campaign song for the NDC.

Empress Gifty made funny facial expressions in the video as they laughed at the NPP and Bawumia while expressing her satisfaction with the election results.

Proofread by Samuel Gitonga, Copy Editor at YEN.com.gh

Source: YEN.com.gh