President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo has extended warm congratulations to His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari for his second successive term, as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
According to President Nana Akuffo-Addo, the teeming Ghanaian people made an expression of approval and commendation to the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for peacefully re-electing President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term at the helm of affairs.
The President of the 4th Republic of Ghana made this expressions via his twitter feed after the The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Nigeria declared President Buhari as the President elect for Nigeria.
”The Ghanaian people, their government and I extend warm congratulations to His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) on his re-election, for a second successive term, as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in the elections of Saturday 23rd February, 2019” – He tweeted…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari won a second term at the helm of Africa’s largest economy and top oil producer, the electoral commission chairman said on Wednesday, following an election marred by delays, logistical glitches and violence.
The president won by 3.9 million votes, having garnered 15.2 million to Atiku’s 11.3 million. The election turnout was 35.6 percent, the electoral commission said, which compared with 44 percent in the 2015 presidential election.
This is according to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s collated figure of votes from all the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory released on Wednesday morning.
Though INEC has not formally declared Buhari as the winner as of the time of writing this report, the President has met all the requirements the constitution requires a candidate to meet before such could be declared the winner.
According to the constitution, a presidential candidate must have nothing less than 25 per cent of votes cast in at least two-thirds or 24 states of the federation. The candidate should also have majority votes in the election.
With the figure released by INEC at the national collation centre in Abuja on Wednesday morning, the incumbent President has more than 25 per cent of the election in over 24 states. He also defeated his closest rival with 3,928,869 votes.
Atiku also had 25 per cent of the total votes cast in over 24 states but lost the poll when the simple majority rule condition is applied. While President Buhari won in 19 states, Atiku won in 17 states and the FCT.
By: Gerrard-Israel
