President-elect John Dramani Mahama has said the sweeping defeat of the outgoing government should be a lesson to the political parties.
He said the outcome of the poll has once again demonstrated that power belongs to the people and they decide who exercises same on their behalf.
In a meeting with some minority parties in his office in Accra yesterday, the President-elect diagnosed what may have caused the unprecedented defeat of the governing New Patriotic Party government. "The outgoing government was punished for their arrogance, for their impunity, for their mismanagement and corruption despite the red flag being waved. "Let it be a lesson to all of us that the people are the ultimate owners of power and they'll give it to who they want to give it to," he admonished.
Having been given another chance at the presidency, Mr Mahama said he and the National Democratic Congress takes the electoral victory with a huge sense of humility and modesty.
