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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) government on Thursday, December 7, 2017 held its thanksgiving ceremony to celebrate the party's victory in the 2016 election.

The event was held at the Accra International Conference Center.

Watch a video of President Akufo Addo, Dr Bawumia and their wives dancing to 'Oye' at the event




Background

Akufo-Addo thwarted John Mahama’s plan of serving a second term by beating him in the election with 53.85% of the total valid votes cast, against Mahama’s 44.4%.

Akufo-Addo’s victory was described as historic in many ways, as it was the first time a sitting President was beaten in an election, and also the first time a total vote difference of more than 1 million was recorded, between the winner and his closest opponent in an election in Ghana.