The Vice President and Presidential Can­didate of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, says Ghana is more important than any individual politician in the country, as he concedes defeat to former President John Dramani Mahama.

To this end he said it was important that the interest of the country was placed ahead of the in­terest of any individual irrespective of the electoral outcomes in any elections. • Dr Mahamudu Bawumia addressing the press to concede defeat "I have just called his Excellency John Dramani Mahama to congratulate him as President-elect of the Republic of Ghana.

I said during the signing of the peace pact that I was sure of two things.

Ghana will win and peace will reign. "Ghana is more important than our individual political ambitions and we must always put Ghana first.