SIGNIFICANCE OF 2020 GENERAL ELECTIONS
UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY MPHIL SOCIAL CHANGE COMMUNICATION STUDENT NAME: BABA MOHAMMED KAMIL STUDENT IDENTITY: UDS/MCC/0005/22 COURCE: MSC 532: MEDIA AND JOURNALISM TODAY PROJECT TITTLE: REFLECTION ON 2020 PRESIDENTIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SIGNIFICANCE OF 2020 GENERAL ELECTIONS In February 2019, former president John Dramani was re-elected as the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). In December 2019, incumbent president Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo also announced his desire to seek re-election on the ticket of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). Both candidates received endorsements from the rank and file of their party to contest the 2020 general elections. The two major contestants subsequently elected their running mates. While President Nana Addo elect...