{"id":380353,"date":"2011-04-14T06:51:35","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T06:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/14\/nana-konadu-quits-ndc-post-to-%e2%80%98fight%e2%80%99-prez-mills\/"},"modified":"2011-04-14T06:51:35","modified_gmt":"2011-04-14T06:51:35","slug":"nana-konadu-quits-ndc-post-to-fight-prez-mills-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/14\/nana-konadu-quits-ndc-post-to-fight-prez-mills-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nana Konadu quits NDC post to \u2018fight\u2019 Prez Mills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"81\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caption\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/fbe197722af88076f77.jpg.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings\" title=\"Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings\" align=\"left\" \/>Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings has resigned from her  post as Vice Chairperson of the ruling National Democratic Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Her resignation, according to her, is to enable her contest the party\u2019s flagbearership slot for Election 2012.<\/p>\n<p>In  a two paragraph letter to the party\u2019s General Secretary dated April 13,  2011, Nana Konadu was emphatic that her resignation will enable her  respond to numerous calls on her to contest the flagbearership of the  NDC when nominations are opened.<\/p>\n<p>The NDC\u2019s National Executive  Committee at a meeting last Friday, April 8, held at the Trade Fair  Centre, La, Accra decided it must have a presidential candidate by the  first week of December this year, and instructed that all executives  intending to contest the post ought to first resign to be eligible to  file nominations. <\/p>\n<p>Her resignation, though widely expected given  recent indications in NDC power circles, appear to be in direct  fulfillment of that request by the party.<\/p>\n<p>The resignation letter,  also copied to NDC Chairman Dr. Kwabena Adjei, as well as her husband  and party founder, ex-President Jerry Rawlings, simply reads:  <\/p>\n<p><em>Dear General Secretary,<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I have from this day 13th of April, 2011 resigned as Vice Chairperson of the National Democratic Congress.<\/p>\n<p>This will enable me respond to numerous calls on me to contest the Flagbearership of the NDC when nominations are opened.<\/p>\n<p>Long Live the NDC!<br \/>Long Live Ghana!!<\/p>\n<p>Yours Faithfully,<\/p>\n<p><strong>NANA KONADU AGYEMAN-RAWLINGS DR. (MRS)<br \/>FIRST VICE-CHAIRMAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CC:<br \/>THE PARTY CHAIRMAN<br \/>NDC HEADQUARTERS<br \/>ACCRA<\/p>\n<p>FOUNDER OF THE NDC PARTY<br \/>NORTHRIDGE \u2013ACCRA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Rawlingses have been very critical of the  performance of the Mills administration, expressing fear the party would  be handed defeat and sent back into opposition at the 2012 elections if  the status quo remains.<\/p>\n<p>Many however, have counseled against  Nana Konadu or anyone in the party challenging the sitting president,  J.E.A. Mills for the flagbearer post since it will send the wrong signal  to the electorate and undermine the party\u2019s own chances. These  advocates have defended their case with the caution that the only way to  defeat Mills at the intra-party election will be to run down all his  works and thus hand the opposition a trump card for the general  election.<\/p>\n<p>President Mills has already served notice he will run again for the presidency at Elections 2012.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/fbe197722af88076f77.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See original here: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings has resigned from her post as Vice Chairperson of the ruling National Democratic Congress. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-380353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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