Same President New Parliament
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo delivered his last State of the Nation Address for his first time in office on Tuesday.
He was re-elected on December 7 with 51.3% of the votes. But a petition by the opposition, alleging irregularities in the vote, has been filed at the Supreme Court.
In Akufo-Addo s speech, he urged parliament to unite.
“The good people of Ghana have spoken and given Parliament an almost equal strength on both sides of the House; we have no choice but to work with the consequences of the desires of the people.”
This delivery the last in Akufo-Addo’s first term to the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic, is an annual address to Parliament given by the President that covers the economic, social, and financial state of the country.