“We are determined to work together with you to build the Ghana we want, and I am certain that we shall win the battle,” he said.

Mr Mahama said this in his victory speech Monday night at his Cantonment Office in Accra, few hours after the Electoral Commission had declared him winner of the December 7 Presidential Election.

"We intend to work together to restore the shattered confidence in our politics and governance system". 

He reiterated the opportunity for a new beginning that the election and its outcome represented, which would write a new chapter of the collective story for Ghanaians.

"We need to consciously set the tone for the new direction in which we will be travelling,” the President-elect said.

"I want those words, my brothers and sisters, to be a reminder to all of you, a reminder to me and to every individual who has just been elected or re-elected that no matter what office you hold, no matter what your political affiliation is or has been in the past, the one thing we share in common is the nation Ghana,” he said.

“We want a much better Ghana…a Ghana that works for everybody and not just a few people. We want a Ghana that considers the well-being of all its citizens and affords them each the ability to live a life of dignity, a life of limitless opportunity".

Mr Mahama said from the head porter (kayayo) to the managing director, to the market women, the bankers, the teachers, security personnel, nurses, doctors, the pastors, the drivers, the tailors and seamstresses, they were all essential to the functioning and forward motion of the country.

“Ghanaians, the people of this soil, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, are in fact the nation's greatest resource.”

"This country, this land, is not for one person or for one family or for one tribe or ethnic group. This country, this beautiful, resilient, and resource-rich country that we so love; Ghana, is for all of us." 

"This is our home, but it is not enough to just be born here and to die here. We must also be able to live here with satisfaction.”

The Ghanaian must be able to love, to dream, to laugh, to eat and dance and drum and share all aspects of his or her culture handed over by the ancestors, the President-elect added.

He noted that his administration would create sustainable and well-paying jobs through the 24-hour economy initiative.

“The most basic needs of Ghanaians such as affordable housing and health care, food and clean water, safe work and fair wages must be met.”