Election 2024 will be free, fair and transparent – Akufo-Addo assures UN General Assembly

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured the United Nations and the international community of peaceful general elections in Ghana this December.

According to him, Ghana’s upcoming general elections will be conducted in a free, fair, and transparent manner.

He made this promise during the world leaders’ address at the annual UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.

President Akufo-Addo stated that “As my presidency draws to a close, I want to assure this assembly that the upcoming 2024 elections in Ghana will be free, fair and transparent.”

He emphasized the country’s commitment to democratic principles and the rule of law, highlighting the measures being put in place to ensure the integrity of the electoral process.

“Ghanaians have demonstrated time and again in the last three decades the strong attachment to democracy which they will not permit to be undermined,” he added.

He concluded, “The EC supported by Ghana’s security services is well equipped to ensure that the will of the Ghanaian people is well respected.”

By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme