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Akufo-Addo: Ghana is the beacon of Africa's path to responsible governance

At a thanksgiving service on Sunday at he Ridge Church in Accra, the president noted that Ghana championed the course of independence movements in Africa in the colonial era, adding that he was extremely grateful to lead the country at this time.

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"I am very proud and extremely humbled that God has chosen me to lead this great people, the Ghanaian people at this critical time...," he said.

"Today, it is the beacon of African's path to a future of freedom and responsible governance," he added.

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He prayed to God to give him the talent and capacity to steer the affairs of the country well irrespective of our "differences, religious and ethnic differences to achieve our common purpose."

He promised to build a new Ghanaian civilisation "funded on a prosperous, fair and just society where government is honest, where the rule of law works for all and where there is social justice."

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