Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says the NPP and the then Presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo conceded defeat in the 2008 General Election for the sake of the sanctity of the country’s democracy and for peace to prevail.
He noted that the NPP lost the 2008 presidential election by just 40,000 votes to the NDC, but they accepted the results and sovereign will of Ghanaians.
“We lost in 2008 by just 40,000 votes but we prioritised the peace and sanctity of our democracy and conceded,” the Vice President stated.
Vice President Bawumia made the remarks when he, and his wife, Samira worshipped with Victory Bible Church International, Dominion Sanctuary, Awoshie, in Accra, on Christmas Church Service, on Friday.
“I’m much convinced that the Lord that granted us the will and power to prioritize national cohesion, peace and tranquility over personal gratification is capable to do same for us,” Dr Bawumia said.
He noted that elections would always come with winners and losers but it was imperative to respect the peace and sanctity of the electoral processes.
The Vice President said it was necessary for every Ghanaian to prioritize the country’s peace above personal gratification.
“We should avail ourselves to be used by God as the instrument of peace. As a country, we have come a long way as we have had peaceful coexistence among ourselves despite the diversity of tribes, religion, ethnicity and so on.
Even in our diversity, we have always remain indivisible and what we have in common are in excess than what divide us,” Dr Bawumia pointed out.
The Vice President further explained that it was the love for each other underpinned by biblical love for our neighbours, which had made Ghana the most peaceful nation in the West African subregion.
“It is a feat we well deserve and accomplished, and should not be taken for granted because it is by the grace of God that we have peace in our country,” Dr Bawumia added.
