Down memory lane: Meet the new President
Daily Graphic
On Monday, August 31, 1970, father of Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Mr Edward Akufo-Addo was sworn in as the President of the Second Republic of Ghana.
Mr Akufo-Addo, a former Chief Justice of Ghana beat his contestant, Dr I.B. Asafu Adjaye, a former member of the Council of State by 123 votes.
Below is the news item carried by the Daily Graphic of September 1, 1970
