The camp of Augustus \u201cGoosie\u201d Tanoh has expressed dis"},"modified":"2019-02-23T23:22:29","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T23:22:29","slug":"weve-lost-the-election-goosies-camp-disappointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/23\/weve-lost-the-election-goosies-camp-disappointed\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019ve lost the election; Goosie\u2019s camp disappointed"},"content":{"rendered":" <\/p>\n Goosie Tanoh’s camp expected him to perform better.<\/p>\n The camp of Augustus \u201cGoosie\u201d Tanoh has expressed disappointment following the humiliating defeat suffered by their candidate in Saturday\u2019s presidential primaries of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe results we\u2019ve seen so far would suggest that we have lost. You go into a competition with the object of winning. It is not the outcome that we are looking for,\u201d Kyeretwie Opoku, the Campaign Coordinator Mr. Tanoh told Joy News Kwesi Parker-Wilson at the NDC headquarters which also served as the national collation centre.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Even before the Electoral Commission officially declares the results of the polls, former President John Dramani Mahama is in a comfortable lead with results trickling in from across the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n With results from 205 Constituencies collated, Mr. John Mahama\u2019s camp say their candidate has\u00a0won 93.2% of the votes cast. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The six other contenders; Alban\u00a0Bagbin, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Prof. Joshua Alabi, Sylvester Mensah, Goosie Tanoh and businessman, Alhaji Nurideen Iddrisu could not match the huge popularity of Mr. Mahama in the opposition party.<\/span><\/p>\n Many had tipped Prof. Alabi as the likely\u00a0person to cause an upstage but his performance per the provisional results, suggest a pale shadow of the huge efforts he put into running his campaign prior to the elections.<\/span><\/p>\n Refusing to \u201cconcede\u201d defeat ahead of the official declaration, Kyeretwie Opoku said, however, that they are ready to support Mr. Mahama to recapture power for the NDC come 2020. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Close to 300,000 delegates from the branch, constituency, regional and the national levels, participated in the election that has given John Mahama another opportunity\u00a0to contest the national presidential election on the ticket of the NDC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Mahama](\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/8080871449731_3663530384138.jpeg\"\/)
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