Socialist Forum congratulates President Mahama

The Socialist Forum of Ghana has congratulated President John Dramani Mahama on his election as President of the Republic of Ghana.

A statement issued in Accra and copied to the Ghana News Agency by Kwesi Pratt Junior, convener said “We noted that all the various election observers have declared the outcome of the election as reflecting the true wishes of the people of Ghana.”

It said the forum was of the view that the 2012 elections was one of the best organized since the return to a multi-party democracy in 1992.

The forum urged all the contestants in the elections to unconditionally accept the results and to refrain from the acts which could very easily undermine national institutions and the interest of the people of Ghana.

The statement wished to President-elect well and called on him to see to the plight of the under privileged in the society and encouraged him to work to improve the access to quality health care, education and housing.