2020 in Ghana

Events of 2020 in Ghana.

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Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2020 Timeline of Ghanaian history

Incumbents

• President: Nana Akufo-Addo
• Vice President: Mahamudu Bawumia

Events

• March 4 – Creation of OmniBSIC Bank Ghana Limited.^[1]
• December 7 – 2020 Ghanaian general election: won by Nana Akufo-Addo with 51.59% of the vote.^[2]
• December 29 – The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will contest the December 7 election result.^[2][3]

Deaths

• April 10 – Jacob Plange-Rhule, 62, Rector of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (since 2015); COVID-19^[4]
• October 1 – Ray Styles, 31, pencil artist; liver cancer.^[5]
• October 1 – Yakubu Moro, football executive, founder of Berekum Arsenal; stroke.^[6]
• October 24 – Stephen Owusu, 37, footballer (Heart of Lions, Aduana Stars, national team).^[7]
• November 12 – Jerry Rawlings, 73, politician, President of Ghana (1979, 1981–2001); COVID-19.^[8]
• November 23 – Imoro Andani, royal, Northern Regional minister.^[9]

See also

• 2020 in West Africa
• COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana
• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

References

1. Peace FM Online (4 March 2020). "OmniBank And Sahel Sahara Bank Merge To Form OMNIBSIC Bank Ghana Limited". Accra: Peace FM Online. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
2. "Ghana opposition to challenge presidential election loss". msn.com. Reuters. December 29, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
3. KOKUTSE, FRANCIS (10 December 2020). "Ghana's main opposition party will contest election results". AP NEWS. AP. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
4. "Africa's top virus deaths: Cameroon women's football medic dies". Africanews. 13 July 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
5. Penciled Celebrities artist Ray Styles is dead
6. Berekum Arsenals owner and bankroller Alhaji Yakubu Moro passes on
7. Stephen Owusu: Former Ghana, Tusker FC striker dies at age 37
8. Jerry Rawlings, ex-Ghanaian president, dies from COVID-19
9. Fmr Northern Reg Minister Prince Imoro Andani to be buried today in Tamale