Ghana opposition leader, Nana Akufo-Addo, has won the Ghanian presidential election. The current president of Ghana John Dramani Mahama, who ran for a second term under the National Democratic Congress, conceded defeat by calling Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo of the NPP to congratulate.

According to Ghana’s Electoral Commission, Akufo-Addo won with 53.85 percent of the votes, while Mr Mahama took 44.40 percent out of the 68.62 percent turnout.

John Mahama first became president after the death of his predecessor John Atta Mills and was later voted into office in 2012, defeating Nana with about 300,000 votes. John Mahama has been under constant attack by Ghanaians since he became an elected president of the country. The country has been under severe pressure since he became president. The inflation rate increased from about 8 percent in 2012 to 17.2 percent. There is also high level of unemployment and an under performing GDP.

Before the election campaigns began, Ghana, which boasted of constant electric power supply, started having issues with their electricity, which they termed ‘Dumsor’. They were several protests in Ghana demanding constant electric supply from the president who seemed to have started working on the issue before the election. The health sector was not also left out as the health workers, including nurses of government hospital, on several occasions, embarked on strikes.

Now that Nana has defeated the incumbent president, John Mahama, it validates the fact that this is the era of change. Incumbent leaders are being voted out of office. Africans are standing up against failed administrations. A few days ago, the people of Gambia took to the polls to vote Yahya Jammeh out of power due to his excesses. Just last year, Nigerians voted Goodluck Jonathan out of office electing the ruling president Buhari who seems to have turned the country upside down. Due to lack of an economic plan by Buhari, the country is now in recession and could end up in depression if the right steps are not taken.

Following the failure of president Buhari to drive Nigeria to the promised land, there are concerns that the same fate will befall Ghana and Gambia.