Joseph Yammin defeats Joshua Akamba in NDC National Organiser contest
Joseph Yammin defeats Joshua Akamba in NDC National Organiser contest.
Yammin, a former Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, unseated Joshua Akamba to become the National Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC)
RESULTS
Joseph Yammin – 3,713 (WINNER)
Joshua Akamba – 2,035
The new National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has entreated all losing candidates in the just ended internal elections to see their defeat as an indication that the party needs them to serve in other capacities.
In a victory speech Sunday morning after the Electoral Commission declared the results and the new officers were sworn into office, Mr Nketia said: “We invite all other candidates who could not make it to the national executive to consider that this victory is a victory for NDC, and that their defeat is not a defeat in actual sense, but an indication that the party needs them to serve in other capacities and we will take the responsibility to make sure that the deployment of all human resources of this party, will be complete to position the party in battle readiness for victory in 2024.”
Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the immediate past General Secretary of the NDC unseated Samuel Ofosu Ampofo by a landslide victory to become the new Chairman of the largest opposition party in Ghana.
Mr Nketia vacated the General Secretary role to contest Mr Ampofo and polled 5,574 representing 65.17 percent of the valid votes cast to claim a landslide victory at the NDC’s 10th National Delegates Congress held at the Accra Sports stadium.
Mr Ampofo finished second with 2,892 votes representing 33.81 percent in what turned out to be a two-horse race with Nii Armah Ashitey and Samuel Yaw Adusei polling 38 and 52 votes respectively.
The new National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has entreated all losing candidates in the just ended internal elections of the NDC to see their defeat as an indication that the party needs them to serve in other capacities.
In a victory speech Sunday morning after the Electoral Commission declared the results and the new officers were sworn into office, Mr Nketia said: “We invite all other candidates who could not make it to the national executive to consider that this victory is a victory for NDC and that their defeat is not a defeat in actual sense, but an indication that the party needs them to serve in other capacities and we will take the responsibility to make sure that the deployment of all human resources of this party, will be complete to position the party in battle readiness for victory in 2024.”
Source” Graphic Online
