US Congress to Certify Electoral College Votes Amid Dispute Published January 6th, 2021 - 11:03 GMT
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Vice President Mike Pence will hand sealed certificates of states certified results from a wooden box to tellers appointed from Congress to read.
Congress will meet in a joint session Wednesday to certify the Electoral College s votes to elect Joe Biden president, as some Republicans plan to object.
Members of the House and Senate will gather at 1 p.m. EST in the House chamber, where Vice President Mike Pence will hand sealed certificates of states certified results from a wooden box to tellers appointed from Congress to read.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will take the oath of office in Parliament tomorrow, January 7th to begin his second four-year term.
The investiture, which comes along with the swearing-in of the Vice President-Elect, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, would be witnessed by Heads of State and guests from across the continent as Nana Akufo-Addo outlines his second term agenda to Ghanaians and the world, as the Eighth President of the Fourth Republic.
The national capital appears set for the big event with principal streets and road intersections decorated in colours of the national flag and pictures of the President-Elect and the Vice President-Elect.