Darko-Mensah wins Takoradi NPP primary

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May 02, 2011 Cape Coast, May 2, GNA – The Central Regional Youth Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Ato Amoah, has called for calm within the party. “We the youth in the Central Region appeal to all members of the party engulfed in the impasse to bury the hatchet for peace to prevail,” Mr Amoah pleaded. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Cape Coast at the weekend, Mr Amoah said the youth were disturbed about the recent events in NDC and urged those involved to do what was right in order not to destroy the party, which is a legacy for the youth.

May 02, 2011
Takoradi May 2, GNA – Mr Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Takoradi, on Saturday won the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary candidate primary for the constituency.

He polled 235 votes against Mrs Jane Edina Nyame-Philips, who had 128 votes.

Speaking after the election conducted by officials of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mr Darko-Mensah thanked delegates for re-electing him to contest the Parliamentary seat for the NPP in Takoradi to continue his good works.

Mr Darko-Mensah urged members of the party to bury their differences and support the NPP to regain power.

He said he was convinced that the NPP was the only credible party to lead the country to development.

Meanwhile, in the Effia-Kwesimintsim Constituency primary, Mr Joseph Cudjoe was elected unopposed by acclamation despite an injunction placed on the election by a Takoradi Circuit Court.

The election was not supervised by the EC.
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