{"id":627100,"date":"2019-05-28T22:10:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T22:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/05\/Oye-Lithur-and-John-Mahama-e1559076173356.jpg\" alt=\"Oye Lit"},"modified":"2019-05-28T22:10:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T22:10:17","slug":"oye-lithur-serves-notice-of-mp-bid-eyes-adentan-constituency-on-ndc-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/28\/oye-lithur-serves-notice-of-mp-bid-eyes-adentan-constituency-on-ndc-ticket\/","title":{"rendered":"Oye Lithur serves notice of MP bid; eyes Adentan constituency on NDC ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/Oye-Lithur-and-John-Mahama-e1559076173356.jpg\" alt=\"Oye Lithur serves notice of MP bid; eyes Adentan constituency on NDC ticket\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>A former Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana\u00a0Oye Lithur, is seeking to represent the\u00a0Adentan constituency in Parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing consultations, I have taken a resolute decision to offer myself as a willing and able candidate for the Adentan Parliamentary Seat on the ticket of the NDC,\u201d she said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Lithur said she took the decision after a courtesy call on former President John Mahama, who is the NDC flagbearer.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cToday I paid a courtesy call on His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, Former President of our dear country, and my former boss to officially inform him of my intentions and to solicit his counsel.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nna Oye Lithur, who is a lawyer was a known human rights advocate before her appointment as Gender Minister in an NDC government.<\/p>\n<p>She said she told Mr. Mahama that \u201cwhen our party opens nominations later this year, I will file my bid to become a Parliamentary Candidate and subsequently serve my country as a Member of Parliament for the Adentan Constituency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-518139\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/Oye-Lithur-calls-on-Mahama.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Find below her full statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following consultations with my Mentors, Advisors, Party Executives, Constituents of Adentan and after a lot of self-reflection, I have taken a resolute decision to offer myself as a willing and able candidate for the Adentan Parliamentary Seat on the ticket of the NDC.<\/p>\n<p>Today I paid a courtesy call on His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, Former President of our dear country, and my former boss to officially inform him of my intentions and to solicit his counsel.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to my team and I, he welcomed my decision and acknowledged the need to elect strong, opinionated candidates who would appeal to the general electorate during the 2020 elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe general elections would involve the entire voting public and not just the NDC delegates, in this regard we as a party need to be strategic in our selection of parliamentary candidates. We must also consider the strength, the character and track record of the aspirants to determine if they can emerge victorious in the general elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further stated that the overall vision of the NDC is to recapture power in 2020 and restore hope to millions of Ghanaians. However, we cannot deny the uphill task it will be to regain our majority status in Parliament. In this regard, it is essential to elect the right candidates who can effectively handle the task of winning back the seats lost during the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n<p>He recounted his initial dialogues with me prior to my appointment as Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection under his administration, and thanked me for my good work and relentless efforts in keeping true to the principles of social democracy.<\/p>\n<p>In concluding the visit, I thanked His Excellency John Dramani Mahama and assured him that, when our Party opens nominations later this year, I will file my bid to become a Parliamentary Candidate and subsequently serve my country as a Member of Parliament for the Adentan Constituency.<\/p>\n<p>God bless the NDC party, God bless our homeland Ghana and make our nation great and strong.<br \/>\u2013<br \/>Nana Oye Lithur<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"\/>  <\/p>\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>A former Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana\u00a0Oye Lithur, is seeking to represent the\u00a0Adentan constituency in Parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). \u201cFollowing consultations, I have taken a resolute decision to offer myself as a willing and able candidate for the Adentan Parliamentary Seat on the ticket of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":627101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-627100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Oye Lithur serves notice of MP bid; 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