{"id":33301,"date":"2020-12-10T16:20:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T16:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=33301"},"modified":"2020-12-10T16:20:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T16:20:30","slug":"atiku-reacts-to-outcome-of-ghana-presidential-poll-calls-for-electoral-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/atiku-reacts-to-outcome-of-ghana-presidential-poll-calls-for-electoral-reforms","title":{"rendered":"Atiku reacts to outcome of Ghana presidential poll, calls for electoral reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the outcome of the just concluded presidential election in Ghana.<\/p>\n

According to him, the \u201csmooth conduct\u201d of elections in Ghana should serve as a lesson to Nigeria.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST reported earlier that President Nana Akufo-Addo was re-elected after a tightly contested presidential election.<\/p>\n

Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last election, tweeted a congratulatory message to Nana Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n

\u201cCongratulations to President @NAkufoAddo on his reelection.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe smooth conduct of the Ghana elections should be an eye-opener to our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Atiku said Nigeria must undertake far-reaching \u201celectoral reforms that address the shortcomings of our previous experience and strengthens our electoral process.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the outcome of the just concluded presidential election in Ghana. According to him, the \u201csmooth conduct\u201d of elections in Ghana should serve as a lesson to Nigeria. DAILY POST reported earlier that President Nana Akufo-Addo was re-elected after a tightly contested presidential election. Atiku, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":33300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,16,26],"tags":[1570,316,711,254],"class_list":["post-33301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-parties","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-atiku","tag-ghana","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nAtiku reacts to outcome of Ghana presidential poll, calls for electoral reforms - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/atiku-reacts-to-outcome-of-ghana-presidential-poll-calls-for-electoral-reforms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Atiku reacts to outcome of Ghana presidential poll, calls for electoral reforms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press – Nigeria. 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