{"id":361149,"date":"2016-09-26T06:40:34","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T06:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/politics\/2016\/09\/26\/kpessah-whyte-declares-support-for-ndcs-shai-osudoku-parliamentary-candidate\/"},"modified":"2016-09-26T06:40:34","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T06:40:34","slug":"kpessah-whyte-declares-support-for-ndcs-shai-osudoku-parliamentary-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2016\/09\/26\/kpessah-whyte-declares-support-for-ndcs-shai-osudoku-parliamentary-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"Kpessah Whyte declares support for NDC\u2019s Shai-Osudoku parliamentary candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1487652252_323_Capture-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A former contender for the National Democratic Congress'(NDC) ticket for Shai-Osudoku Dr. Michael Kpessa Whyte has called on his supporters to campaign for the party\u2019s parliamentary candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kpessah-Whyte lost the party\u2019s primary to Mrs Linda Obenewa A. Ocloo on June 18, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kpessa- Whyte, who is the acting Executive Director of the National Service Secheme (NSS), lost after polling 3,372 against Mrs Ocloo\u2019s 5,156 votes.<\/p>\n<p>She contested in the primary after her husband who was then the elected parliamentary candidate for the constituency died in a car crash in March 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kpessah-Whyte asked his supporters to put the primary behind them and unite to ensure that they maintained the seat for the party.<\/p>\n<p>A reconciliation meeting was recently held between the two factions and the constituency executives.<\/p>\n<p>To demonstrate his readiness to help Mrs Ocloo win the seat, he presented NDC branded t-shirts, campaign posters and other party paraphernalia and 25 bags of rice worth GHC 30,000.<\/p>\n<p>He encouraged party members especially the campaign team to vigorously campaign for the candidate.<\/p>\n<p>He also advised the candidate to demonstrate true reconciliation and willingness to win by welcoming supporters of other candidates into her campaign team.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Ocloo expressed joy and thanked Dr. Kpessah-Whyte for the move and promised to maintain the new found unity and peace in the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: GNA<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quicksense.net\/ --><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former contender for the National Democratic Congress'(NDC) ticket for Shai-Osudoku Dr. Michael Kpessa Whyte has called on his supporters to campaign for the party\u2019s parliamentary candidate. 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