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Information picked up by the New Statesman newspaper indicate that there were jubilations in the camps of some gurus of the ruling National Democratic Congress when news broke out that Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister for Food and Agriculture, had suffered an excruciating defeat in his parliamentary ambition.<\/p>\n

Mr Ahwoi, one of the key power sources around President Mills, is among the ruling party\u2019s leading members who have eyes on the presidency after end of the incumbent\u2019s presidential career.<\/p>\n

Losing Saturday\u2019s parliamentary primary therefore means he may be out of the \u2018contest\u2019 for the party\u2019s next presidential candidate after President Mills.<\/p>\n

It was therefore not surprising that the camps of other competitors, including Vice President John Mahama, Foreign Affairs Minister Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni, Education Minister Betty Mould Iddrisu, Communication Minister Haruna Iddrisu and Water and Works Minister Alban Babgin, saw his defeat as refreshing news\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mr Ahwoi lost the Agona East primary by three votes to Queenstar Pokua Sawyerr who polled 146 votes. The minister had 143 votes. The other two contestants Eric Turkson and Kojo Yankah\u2019s younger brother, George Yankah, had 82 and one vote respectively.<\/p>\n

The defeat of the Agric Minister and many other members of GAME, especially District Chief Executives, come as a confirmation of the strong influence the party\u2019s founder, former President Rawlings, continues to command among the grassroots members of the ruling party.<\/p>\n

Like what happened to many appointees of the president, the defeat of Mr Ahwoi was said to have been orchestrated by former President Rawlings, working strongly through members of FONKAR.<\/p>\n

Indeed, Ernest Owusu Bempah, the vocal Operations Director of FOAKAR, was in the Agona East constituency over the week when the primary was taking place.<\/p>\n

Former President Rawlings and his loyalists had described the Sunyani Congress that elected President Mills as the party\u2019s 2012 presidential candidate as \u201ca choreographed\u201d event, and indicated that it was the parliamentary primaries that would give a clear picture of who controls the masses of the party.<\/p>\n

The outcome of the primaries in the party\u2019s \u2018orphan\u2019 constituencies appears to have vindicated the party\u2019s founder and his followers.<\/p>\n

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Information picked up by the New Statesman newspaper indicate that there were jubilations in the camps of some gurus of the ruling National Democratic Congress when news broke out that Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister for Food and Agriculture, had suffered an excruciating defeat in his parliamentary ambition. Mr Ahwoi, one of the key power sources around President Mills, is among the ruling party\u2019s leading members who have eyes on the presidency after end of the incumbent\u2019s presidential career. Losing Saturday\u2019s parliamentary primary therefore means he may be out of the \u2018contest\u2019 for the party\u2019s next presidential candidate after President Mills. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\nMills \u2018Successors\u2019 Jubilate Over Ahwoi\u2019s Defeat - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/11\/30\/mills-successors-jubilate-over-ahwois-defeat\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Mills \u2018Successors\u2019 Jubilate Over Ahwoi\u2019s Defeat - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Information picked up by the New Statesman newspaper indicate that there were jubilations in the camps of some gurus of the ruling National Democratic Congress when news broke out that Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister for Food and Agriculture, had suffered an excruciating defeat in his parliamentary ambition. 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