{"id":421219,"date":"2011-05-11T06:36:19","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T06:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/11\/only-one-npp-woman-gets-nod-to-contest-seat-in-central-region\/"},"modified":"2011-05-11T06:36:19","modified_gmt":"2011-05-11T06:36:19","slug":"only-one-npp-woman-gets-nod-to-contest-seat-in-central-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/11\/only-one-npp-woman-gets-nod-to-contest-seat-in-central-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Only one NPP woman gets nod to contest seat in Central Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"51.7978303748\">\n<p>You Are Here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/politics\/\" title=\"View all posts in Politics\" rel=\"category tag\">Politics<\/a> \u00bb Only one NPP woman gets nod to contest seat in Central Region<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Page last updated at Wednesday, May 11, 2011 6:06 AM \/\/ <\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/NPP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-21925\" title=\"NPP\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/NPP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a>Only one woman won the primary to contest Election 2012 as a parliamentary candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central Region.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Mercy Hawa Koomson won to contest for the Awutu-Senya seat at the recent NPP primaries held throughout the country. The Central Region has 19 parliamentary seats.<\/p>\n<p>Four other women who contested and lost are Ms. Christine Churcher, the former MP for Cape Coast, Mrs. Henrietta Abane, a lecturer at the University of Cape Coast who also vied for the Cape Coast ticket, Mrs. Bertha Oppong, for Upper Denkyira West and Mrs. Cynthia Morrison, Agona West.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kwamena Duncan, the NPP Regional Secretary, said 51 people contested the primaries and that those who lost had pledged their support for the winning candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Source: GNA<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>| | <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Currently%20reading%20http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/05\/11\/only-one-npp-woman-gets-nod-to-contest-seat-in-central-region\/\" title=\"Click to send this page to Twitter!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This!<\/a> | <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>Comments<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>Go here to read the rest:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/05\/11\/only-one-npp-woman-gets-nod-to-contest-seat-in-central-region\/\" title=\"Only one NPP woman gets nod to contest seat in Central Region\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Only one NPP woman gets nod to contest seat in Central Region<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> You Are Here: Home \u00bb Politics \u00bb Only one NPP woman gets nod to contest seat in Central Region Page last updated at Wednesday, May 11, 2011 6:06 AM \/\/ Only one woman won the primary to contest Election 2012 as a parliamentary candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central Region. 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