The Member of Parliament for Amenfi Central, Peter Yaw Kwakye-Ackah has been defeated in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) primaries on Saturday, May 13, 2023. Hon Kwakye-Ackah lost the parliamentary primaries to business mogul Joana Gyan Cudjoe who is also the wife of Keche Joshua of Keche Music Group fame. Joana Gyan Cudjoe amassed 756 votes to win the election over Peter Yaw Kwakye-Ackah who bagged 575 votes. Other contestants were Paul Appiah who had 73 votes while Dr Karl Mark Arhin and Elijah Jones Appiah had 39 and 2 votes respectively.
Author: Wilhelmina Antonniette Bartels
Astute legal practitioner, Frederick Faidoo has been elected the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Takoradi in the Western Region. Lawyer Faidoo as affectionately called by his followers bagged 558 votes during the party’s presidential and parliamentary primaries on Saturday, May 13, 2023. His competitor Emmanuel Donkoh managed to amass 427 votes at the end of the elections. Frederick Faidoo is expected to win the Takoradi seat for the NDC despite the constituency being an NPP stronghold.
Former Western Region Deputy Minister, Emelia Arthur has won the ticket to contest in the 2024 general elections as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Shama. She won the race with an overwhelming votes during the party’s presidential and parliamentary primaries on Saturday, May 13, 2023. Mrs Emelia Arthur accumulated 506 votes to defeat the three other contestants. The three other candidates were Kojo Essilfie who had 371 votes while Sadique and Eric Cobbinah polled 79 and 175 votes respectively.
Legal practitioner, Nyamekye Armah Blay has been elected the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Sekondi in the Western Region. He has been declared the winner during the party’s presidential and parliamentary primaries on Saturday, May 13, 2023. Armah Blay amassed 503 votes to defeat his competitor Samuel Bissah who had 307 votes despite touted as the favorite. He is expected to win the Sekondi seat for the NDC despite the constituency being an NPP stronghold.
Member of Parliament for Jomoro in the Western Region, Dorcas Toffey has been retained as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for the 2024 general elections. The incumbent MP retained the slot during the party’s presidential and parliamentary primaries on Saturday, May 13, 2023. Dorcas Toffey had 1,574 of the total votes to defeat her competitor Francis Ackatia Kwaidoo who accumulated 175 votes. In the presidential race, John Dramani Mahama bagged 1,721 votes while Kojo Bonsu and Dr Kwabena Duffour had 3 and 15 votes respectively.
Renowned surgeon, Dr Grace Ayensu-Danquah has been elected the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Essikado-Ketan constituency in the Western Region. She was elected the parliamentary candidate during the party’s primaries on Saturday, May 13, 2023. Dr Ayensu-Danquah accumulated 1,043 votes to win the contest ahead of Sebastian Spio-Garbrah and Henry Abbey-Hart who polled 85 and 18 votes respectively. She has been given the nod to lead the party in the Essikado-Ketan constituency for the second time after an impressive performance in the 2020 general elections.
Former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffour has pulled out of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearership race. Dr Duffuor was among the three candidates contesting for the top position alongside John Dramani Mahama and former Kumasi Mayor Kojo Bonsu. At a press briefing on Friday, the former Bank of Ghana governor stated that the party’s primaries is marred with irregularities hence his decision to withdraw from the presidential race. “As at this time, the party has begun distributing the ballot papers to the various regions and constituencies without our involvement. I wish to reiterate my commitment to the party and…
Ampem Darkoa Ladies have successfully defended the Ghana Women’s Premier League title after beating Hasaacas Ladies in the final game played at the Dr Kwame Kyei Sports Complex in Kumasi on Friday, May 12, 2023. The Techiman-based club defeated Hasaacas Ladies 5:3 on penalties to win the Women’s Premier League title for the second consecutive time. The titanic game ended 1:1 after 120 minutes with penalties needed to separate the two teams. Doris Boaduwaa shot Hasaacas Ladies to the lead in the 60th with a powerful header from a corner kick before Serwaa Amponsah Ophelia snatched the parity for Ampem…
Former Mayor for Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA), Captain (Rtd) Anthony Cudjoe has massively endorsed Sam Bissah otherwise known as Sam Jubidu to win the NDC parliamentary primaries in Sekondi. The NDC go to polls on Saturday, May 13, 2023 to elect presidential and parliament candidates ahead of the 2024 general elections. In Sekondi, Samuel Bissah is among the candidates contesting for the ticket become the party’s parliamentary candidate for the constituency in the 2024 elections. And as a way of endorsing Mr Bissah, Captain Anthony Cudjoe who is a former two term parliamentary candidate for Sekondi, has released a statement…
Dr Kwabena Duffour, one of the candidates contesting for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearership position has withdrawn the interlocutory injunction against the party’s primaries. Dr Duffour wanted to bar the party, the Electoral Commission from holding the primaries pending the production of a complete photo album register. The former Finance Minister also wanted the party to deliver the complete register to him at least five weeks ahead of the election. According to the plaintiff, data from only 220 out of the 275 constituencies have been verified. An exceptional list of 74,799 he adds has been created which cannot also…