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Acting National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Freddie Worsemao Blay has been elected as the substantive National Chairman, for the next four years. He beat competition from two others to lay hands on the post. Mr Blay, who was accused of vote-buying prior to Saturday’s elections, polled 3,021 votes to beat Stephen Ayesu Ntim (2,515) and Dr Richard Amoako Baah (18) to the post. He joined the NPP after years of experience as a politician with the Convention People’s Party (CPP). Mr Blay had served as Member of Parliament for Ellembelle Constituency for 20 years before leaving the…

National Treasurer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwabena Abankwa-Yeboah has been re-elected for another four-year term. Mr Abankwa-Yeboah beat five other contenders to emerge victorious at the Koforidua Tehchnical University Park, where the elections were held. The pharmacist polled 2,492 votes of the 5,510 valid votes cast to emerge winner. Second placed Nuhu Bayorbo Mahama polled 1,050 votes while Mary Posch-Oduro with 1,004 votes placed third. Hajia Ruka Ahmeed came fourth with 467 votes while Abraham Obeng Amoakohene came fifth with 447 votes. Occupying the bottom place in that race is Kwabena Oppong Frimpong, who polled 50 votes. Thirty-seven…

John Boadu will now assume the position of substantive General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) following his victory in Saturday’s national executive elections held during the 26th National Delegates’ Conference. The former National Organiser polled 4,277 votes to beat sole contender Richard Ahiagbah. Richard Ahiagbah polled 1,274 votes. The results were certified by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC), who supervised the elections. Mr Boadu will succeed Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, who was handed an indefinite suspension in 2015, as the party’s new scribe. He had the backing of President Nana Akufo-Addo and a member of the 2016 ‘winning team’.…

Kate Gyamfua is the new National Women’s Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) after beating closest contender Joyce Konokie Zempare in elections held on Saturday. The elections, held during the 26th National Delegates’ Conference of the NPP, put Ms Gyamfua way ahead with 686 votes. The certified results from the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) stationed at the grounds had Ms Zempare on 109 votes. There was a total of 795 valid votes cast with two rejected. There were loud cheers for Ms Gyamfua anytime her name was mentioned at the Koforidua Technical University, where the voting was conducted. She…

A Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Scheme, Henry Nana Boakye, has won the National Youth Organiser elections of the New Patriotic Party. Nana B, as he is affectionately called, polled 423 votes as against 246 by his closest contender, Dominic Kwesi Eduah, who aspires to go a notch up from his position as Deputy National Youth Organiser. Kamal-Deen Abdulai came third with 102 votes with Emmanuel Nana Dannsa Appiah polling a single vote, shockingly, to come last. Nana Appiah, a private legal practitioner, had touted is coming as one more issues-based than the rest. The results were certified…

The sights at NPP’s 2018 Annual National Delegates’ Conference continue to overwhelm beholders at the Koforidua Technical University Park. One man who claims to be the bishop of the party is Bishop Nana Addo. Boldly engrossed on his mitre, Bishop Nana Addo’s name is obviously coined from the three-time leader of the party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. He holds a trademark crosier as part of his full regalia. Source: 3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh

The last may not have been seen of Acting National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Freddie Blay as regards goodies for delegates. Just before voting at the Koforidua Technical University Park, delegates were feted with customised medium-sized boxes containing biscuits from the former Convention People’s Party (CPP) Member of Parliament. On the boxes is an image of a bus with the inscription ‘One Constituency, One Bus’, clearly in allusion to his provision of buses to the 275 constituency branches of the party. Others also had fans in addition to the biscuits. Already, some opponents of Mr Blay, who…

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has reiterated his oft-held conviction that four years is not enough for a full term government under Ghana’s current constitution. This, he stresses, cannot afford a government in power the opportunity to do anything significant. But, he points out, after just one-and-a-half years in office, the Nana Akufo-Addo-led government has performed creditably, making the country attractive not only to Ghanaians but foreigners. He says that is the reason behind the many invitations President Nana Akufo-Addo is given by foreign leaders. The former President made these observations on Saturday while addressing delegates at the 26th National…

There were no representatives from the country’s leading opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), at the 26th National Delegates’ Conference of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). No reasons were immediately adduced for the absence of NPP’s arch-rivals. As has been a custom with political congresses in Ghana, opposition parties are invited to deliver solidarity messages. At NPP’s 2018 Annual National Delegates’ Conference held at the Koforidua Technical University (KTU), some opposition political parties namely People’s National Convention (PNC), Progressive People’s Party (PPP), National Democratic Party (NDP), Convention People’s Party (CPP) and the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) were…

Known member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Hajia Fati has told journalists covering the 2018 Annual National Delegates’ Conference that she will not grant any interviews to them. She said members of the media fraternity have accused her of planning to kill them; hence, her decision. She snubbed all attempts by journalists to get a word or two from her as she arrived at the Koforidua Technical University Park for the Conference. Hajia Fati, who is frequently spotted at the NPP headquarters in Accra, came under a barrage of criticism for slapping a reporter from Adom FM. She had…