{"id":347364,"date":"2017-02-17T09:21:09","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T09:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/02\/17\/ccil-of-state-polls-i-didnt-buy-votes-ideal-fin-boss\/"},"modified":"2017-02-17T09:21:09","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T09:21:09","slug":"ccil-of-state-polls-i-didnt-buy-votes-ideal-fin-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/02\/17\/ccil-of-state-polls-i-didnt-buy-votes-ideal-fin-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"C&#8217;cil of State polls: I didn&#8217;t buy votes &#8211; Ideal Fin. boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">&#13;<br \/>\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.3.7--><\/p>\n<p>President of Groupe Ideal, Nii Kotei Dzani, has vehemently dismissed allegations that he bribed some delegates in the just-ended Council of State elections.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the contenders alleged Dr. Dzani bought votes to win the elections held on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>But Dr. Dzani in an interview on <strong>Morning Starr<\/strong> told host Francis Abban that he won the election through hardwork.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t buy votes,\u201d Dr. Dzani said adding \u201cunfortunately we are in a country that immediately after an election there are allegations of vote buying, why should I buy votes, why should I.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Dzani won the Greater Accra slot on Thursday with 20 votes while his closest contender Nene Atiapa polled 12. The rest of the candidates had no votes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Profile of Nii Kotei Dzani <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr Dzani is an entrepreneur and businessman par excellence, with extensive business experience as an economist and business owner with a proven record of successful entrepreneurship having established over eight companies within five years.<\/p>\n<p>His desire is to transform Groupe Ideal into a world class conglomerate. The former Barclays Bank and Canal Capital Executive was also voted Emerging Man of the Year 2014 by Accra-based VIASAT1 Television.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Dzani has a rich and enviable experience in strategic innovation, business strategy and marketing; branding and human resource management coupled with his in-depth expertise in SME advisory service, asset management, development and financing of projects.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he has carried out extensive research on microfinance and commercial banking.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Dzani is an accomplished individual, a motivated self-starter and excellent negotiator with the credibility to engage and influence business at all levels.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; President of Groupe Ideal, Nii Kotei Dzani, has vehemently dismissed allegations that he bribed some delegates in the just-ended Council of State elections. Some of the contenders alleged Dr. Dzani bought votes to win the elections held on Thursday. 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