Ghana’s main opposition leader John Dramani Mahama looks set to win December’s presidential election, an opinion poll showed on Monday, Reuters reported.
Mahama is ahead of his main rival, ruling party candidate Muhamudu Bawumia. Former president Mahama, 65, and current vice-president Bawumia, 60, are the two main contenders for the 7 December election.
President Nana Akufo-Addo will step down in January after two terms at the helm of the gold and cocoa-producing country. Eleven other candidates are also running.
Global InfoAnalytics, an Accra-based research group, released a poll on Monday showing Mahama with 52 per cent and Bawumia with 41.3 per cent. The survey showed that voters are mainly concerned about the economy, jobs, education and infrastructure.
Both candidates presented plans to boost the economy and improve living conditions. Ghana, the world’s second-largest cocoa producer, defaulted on most of its $30 billion foreign debt in 2022 after years of excessive borrowing.
The Akufo-Addo government has secured a three-year, $3 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund in 2023.
