Nana Akufo-Addo

===Inauguration===
Akufo-Addo took office on 7 January 2017. His inauguration was held at [[Black Star Square]] in Accra. Twelve presidents from African and [[List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Europe|European countries]] attended the ceremony, including [[Edgar Lungu]] of [[Zambia]], [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]] of Egypt, [[Ernest Bai Koroma]] of [[Sierra Leone]], [[Robert Mugabe]] of [[Zimbabwe]], [[Muhammadu Buhari]] of Nigeria.<ref>{{cite news|title=LIVESTREAMING: Nana Akufo-Addo takes office as president|url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/LIVESTREAMING-Nana-Akufo-Addo-takes-office-as-president-499112|access-date=7 January 2017|publisher=ghanaweb|date=7 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108190217/http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/LIVESTREAMING-Nana-Akufo-Addo-takes-office-as-president-499112|archive-date=8 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Akufo-Addo formally sworn in as Ghana's president, gets 21-gun salute|url=http://www.africanews.com/2017/01/07/live-12-presidents-join-ghanaians-to-inaugurate-president-akufo-addo/|date=7 January 2017|access-date=7 January 2017|publisher=africanews.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108143439/http://www.africanews.com/2017/01/07/live-12-presidents-join-ghanaians-to-inaugurate-president-akufo-addo/|archive-date=8 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=6 January 2017 |title=African leaders arrive ahead of Akufo-Addo's inauguration |work=My Joy Online |publisher= |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/African-leaders-arrive-ahead-of-Akufo-Addo-s-inauguration-499057 |url-status=live |access-date=7 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107163919/http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/African-leaders-arrive-ahead-of-Akufo-Addo-s-inauguration-499057 |archive-date=7 January 2017}}</ref>

Akufo-Addo faced backlash, especially on social media, for plagiarizing parts of his inauguration speech, having lifted passages, word-for-word, from previous inaugural addresses given by American presidents [[John F. Kennedy]], [[Bill Clinton]] and [[George W. Bush]] as well as prepared remarks given by [[Nigerians|Nigerian]] President [[Muhammadu Buhari]] at a 2015 [[United States Institute of Peace]] event.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://pulse.ng/local/buhari-read-full-text-of-president-s-speech-at-us-institute-for-peace-id4005380.html|title=Buhari: Read full text of President's speech at US Institute for Peace|work=Pulse|last=Sotubo|first='Jola|date=23 July 2015 |access-date=10 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080606/http://pulse.ng/local/buhari-read-full-text-of-president-s-speech-at-us-institute-for-peace-id4005380.html|archive-date=11 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 January 2017 |title=Plagiarism in Akufo-Addo's speech depressing and shocking – Minority |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Plagiarism-in-Akufo-Addo-s-speech-depressing-and-shocking-Minority-499694 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211235358/http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Plagiarism-in-Akufo-Addo-s-speech-depressing-and-shocking-Minority-499694 |archive-date=11 February 2017 |access-date=9 February 2017 |website=ghanaweb.}}</ref><ref>Nyanin,
 Natasha, [http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/11/africa/ghana-plagiarism-row-akufo-addo/ "Opinion: why Ghanaians shouldn't ignore plagiarism row"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211082933/http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/11/africa/ghana-plagiarism-row-akufo-addo/ |date=11 February 2017 }}, CNN, 11 January 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38555356 "Ghana's Nana Akufo-Addo and other leaders caught up in plagiarism scandals"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924201035/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38555356 |date=24 September 2017 }}, BBC News, 9 January 2017.</ref><ref>Ogundipe, Samuel [http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/219897-ghana-president-akufo-addo-caught-plagiarism-scandal.html "Ghana President Akufo-Addo caught in plagiarism scandal"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075410/http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/219897-ghana-president-akufo-addo-caught-plagiarism-scandal.html |date=11 February 2017 }}, ''Premium Times'' (Nigeria), 8 January 2017.</ref><ref>Abdulai, Hanan R. Confidence, [http://www.myjoyonline.com/opinion/2017/january-9th/of-akufo-addos-speech-plagiarism.php "Of Akufo-Addo's speech plagiarism"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075848/http://www.myjoyonline.com/opinion/2017/january-9th/of-akufo-addos-speech-plagiarism.php |date=11 February 2017 }}, MyJoyOnline, 9 January 2017.</ref> After the scandal came to light, his press office issued an apology, with his communication director describing the situation as a "complete oversight and never deliberate."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/hayesbrown/ghanas-president-ripped-off-george-w-bush-and-bill-clinton-i|author=Brown, Hayes|title=Ghana's President Ripped Off A Bunch Of US Presidents in His Inaugural Speech|newspaper=BuzzFeed|date=10 January 2017|access-date=10 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228082244/https://www.buzzfeed.com/hayesbrown/ghanas-president-ripped-off-george-w-bush-and-bill-clinton-i|archive-date=28 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/ghana-nana-akufo-addo-caught-plagiarism-row-170108165213500.html "Ghana: Nana Akufo-Addo caught up in plagiarism row"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210041336/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/ghana-nana-akufo-addo-caught-plagiarism-row-170108165213500.html |date=10 February 2017 }}, Al Jazeera, 9 January 2017.</ref><ref>Glum, Julia, [http://www.ibtimes.com/who-nana-akufo-addo-ghana-presidents-plagiarism-scandal-explained-2473112 "Who Is Nana Akufo-Addo? Ghana President's Plagiarism Scandal, Explained"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211155212/http://www.ibtimes.com/who-nana-akufo-addo-ghana-presidents-plagiarism-scandal-explained-2473112 |date=11 February 2017 }}, ''International Business Times'', 10 January 2017.</ref> However, after the [[mea culpa]], it was found that Akufo-Addo had also plagiarized portions of his 2013 concession speech after the [[Supreme Court of Ghana]] upheld the 2012 electoral victory of President [[John Dramani Mahama|John Mahama]]. In that speech, lines were lifted verbatim from United States Vice-president [[Al Gore]]'s 2000 presidential concession speech given after the [[US Supreme Court]] verdict.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Full text: Akufo-Addo's post-verdict speech |newspaper=ModernGhana |url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/486053/full-text-akufo-addos-post-verdict-speech.html |url-status=live |access-date=10 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211082743/https://www.modernghana.com/news/486053/full-text-akufo-addos-post-verdict-speech.html |archive-date=11 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Eidenmuller |first=Michael E. |title=Online Speech Bank: Al Gore – 2000 Presidential Concession Speech |url=https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/algore2000concessionspeech.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215031537/https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/algore2000concessionspeech.html |archive-date=15 February 2017 |access-date=10 February 2017 |website=americanrhetoric.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=11 January 2017 |title=Saint Akufo-Addo in the web of the moral shame of new-age plagiarism |url=http://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Saint-Akufo-Addo-in-the-web-of-the-moral-shame-of-new-age-plagiarism-499749 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211235549/http://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Saint-Akufo-Addo-in-the-web-of-the-moral-shame-of-new-age-plagiarism-499749 |archive-date=11 February 2017 |access-date=11 February 2017 |website=mobile.ghanaweb.}}</ref>