{"id":445306,"date":"2017-12-09T10:30:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T10:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/09\/ofori-amponsah-plans-to-contest-2020-election-as-mp\/"},"modified":"2017-12-09T10:30:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T10:30:29","slug":"ofori-amponsah-plans-to-contest-2020-election-as-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/09\/ofori-amponsah-plans-to-contest-2020-election-as-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"Ofori Amponsah plans to contest 2020 election as MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Saturday,  9 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>atinkaonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-09<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/57229569.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ofori Amponsah Sob\" title=\"Ofori Amponsah Sob\" width=\"295\" height=\"443\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Highlife star, Ofori Amponsah<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817981905\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817981905\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512815429_813_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Highlife star, Ofori Amponsah, has disclosed his intention to contest  as Member of Parliament in the 2020 election at Asante Akyem  North in the Ashanti  Region.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Candy Man on the Akwaaba Show on Atinka FM Friday, the \u201cEmmanuela\u201d  hit maker said he loves politics and will therefore grab the opportunity to contest in the next general election.<\/p>\n<p>The multiple VGMA award winner however, failed to mention the name of the political party he plans to contest for, saying Ghanaians will get to know when he finally makes the decision. \u201cI have already settled on a political party but I will not reveal it now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a politician\u2026 I really love politics. I know what\u2019s going on because I follow a lot of things. I\u2019m now going into full time politics and I\u2019m not talking about the MUSIGA position. I\u2019m going to parliament direct,\u201d the highlife super star told Candy Man.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed the point that he was not joking and that he was serious about contributing to the development of the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, leadership is about common sense and notabout  the level of one\u2019s education adding, \u201cI have a lot of ideas which can help  develop the country\u201d .<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 33 updated by: 33 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Saturday, 9 December 2017 Source: atinkaonline.com 2017-12-09 Highlife star, Ofori Amponsah Highlife star, Ofori Amponsah, has disclosed his intention to contest as Member of Parliament in the 2020 election at Asante Akyem North in the Ashanti Region. 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