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+ The declaration of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the winner of the 2020 presidential election has been gazetted by the Ghana Publishing Company Limited (GPCL). That makes the declaration legally binding and recognised in law. The gazette was done on December 10, 2020, a day after the declaration by the Returning Officer of the presidential election and Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Jean Mensa. In the 2016 general election, the EC declared the winner of the presi...

Electioneering amidst rising coronavirus cases COVID-19 is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which spreads among people mainly when an infected person is in close contact with another person. Some of the guidelines were the observance of social distancing, the wearing of masks, and the washing of hands regularly. Gatherings were banned, limiting public gatherings to not more than 200 people. Big political gatherings were a casualty to the new COVID-19 guidelines. Many of the candidates resorted t...