{"id":275731,"date":"2011-02-08T15:44:23","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T15:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=51507"},"modified":"2011-02-08T15:44:23","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T15:44:23","slug":"konadu-is-a-huge-factor-in-ndc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/08\/konadu-is-a-huge-factor-in-ndc\/","title":{"rendered":"Konadu Is A Huge Factor In NDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_34081\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34081\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-34081\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2010\/09\/09\/konadu-boys-warn-president-mills\/konadu_agyeman_rawlings\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34081\" title=\"konadu_agyeman_rawlings\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/konadu_agyeman_rawlings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nA leading member of the ruling  National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti region, Ishmael  Butler, has stated that people who hold the view that Nana Konadu  Agyeman Rawlings is not a force to reckon with are deceiving themselves.<br \/>\nThe  chairman of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Finance and  Administration committee contended that \u201cNana Konadu is not only a big  player in the NDC but also has a huge constituency in the party.\u201d<br \/>\nSpeaking  on Angel Fm\u2019s morning show programme hosted by Kwame Adinkra on  Thursday, Nana Butler, as he is affectionately called, said those  disregarding Nana Konadu\u2019s sway in the ruling party would laugh at the  wrong side of their mouths.<br \/>\nNana Butler made these striking  remarks when he commented on a publication in the Thursday edition of  the DAILY GUIDE which suggested that the former first lady had finally  told the elders of the party in a meeting that she wanted to contest  President Mills in the party\u2019s forthcoming presidential primaries.<br \/>\nHe  explained that 44 percent of the total votes in the country recorded by  the ruling party in elections since 2000 is ample evidence that the  longest serving first lady in the country\u2019s political history is a top  guru of the party.<br \/>\nAccording to him, most of the electorate, who  have been voting for the NDC in elections since the inception of  multi-party democracy in the country in 1992 do so primarily because of  the love they have for the President of the 31st December Women\u2019s  Movement (DCM).<br \/>\nThe two-time NDC parliamentary candidate for the  Asokwa constituency in Kumasi disclosed that the ruling party was able  to unseat the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2008 elections because of  the immense contribution of the former first lady.<br \/>\n\u201cSometimes I  get irritated when people, without critical analysis, say that Nana  Konadu is a not factor in the NDC, have those people forgotten the fact  the NDC survived because of the former first lady and her husband,\u201d the  NDC guru rhetorically asked.<br \/>\nThe close pal of ex-President  Rawlings stated that he will not comment on the merit and demerit of  Nana Konadu\u2019s candidature until the former first lady picks a form when  nomination opens.<br \/>\nAfter several months of speculations to the  effect that the wife of ex-President Rawlings was nurturing an ambition  to contest in the party\u2019s upcoming presidential primaries, information  available indicates that the ex-first lady finally declared her  intention to elders of the party during a meeting.<br \/>\nIt all started  when a group calling itself \u2018Movement for Nana Konadu\u2019 stormed Tamale  during the party\u2019s national delegates\u2019 congress with banners and \u2018T\u2019  shirts and called on the former first lady to contest in the party\u2019s  upcoming presidential primaries.<br \/>\nAfterwards, the group  clandestinely pasted the posters of the former first lady in some  regional capitals including Accra, Kumasi and Takoradi, urging her to  avail herself for the contest, which according to many political  pundits, will be a make or break for the ruling party.<br \/>\nIn the  midst of the hullaballoo that was generated after the outdooring of the  posters, the group disclosed that even if the former first lady ignores  their call, they will force her to heed their call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A leading member of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti region, Ishmael Butler, has stated that people who hold the view that Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings is not a force to reckon with are deceiving themselves. 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