{"id":646722,"date":"2019-06-28T13:18:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T13:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"<br><p><strong>N<\/strong>A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has refuted claims by some members of the party that he is not qualified to contest forthcoming parliamentary primaries in the Tema West Constituency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According\nto Wakef"},"modified":"2019-06-28T13:18:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T13:18:57","slug":"ndc-man-fights-back-over-unqualified-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/28\/ndc-man-fights-back-over-unqualified-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC Man Fights Back Over \u2018Unqualified\u2019 Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>N<\/strong>A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has refuted claims by some members of the party that he is not qualified to contest forthcoming parliamentary primaries in the Tema West Constituency.<\/p>\n<p>According<br \/>\nto Wakefield Ackuaku, an actor, he is not seeking to contest the constituency<br \/>\nparliamentary primaries of the NDC through any dubious and unlawful means as alleged<br \/>\nby the members of the party in the area.<\/p>\n<p>His reaction<br \/>\nis coming on the backdrop of a press statement issued by the NDC group calling<br \/>\nitself Concerned Democrats of Tema West, who were challenging<br \/>\nhis intention to contest the forthcoming primaries in the constituency.<\/p>\n<p>He was<br \/>\nreacting through his lawyers to a press statement by the Concerned Democrats of<br \/>\nNDC jointly signed by their Convener Joseph Kwei Angmor and Secretary David<br \/>\nAidoo which was subsequently published by <strong><em>Daily Guide<\/em><\/strong> on May 16.<\/p>\n<p>In the said<br \/>\nstatement the concerned members alleged that Mr. Ackuaku was a resident of<br \/>\nOsu-Klotey who had come to Tema West with the intention of contesting the<br \/>\nparliamentary seat and said he was not qualified.<\/p>\n<p>However,<br \/>\nMr. Ackuaku is debunking all the allegations levelled against him by the group,<br \/>\nindicating that he has no questionable and fraudulent character and thereby fit<br \/>\nto represent the people of Tema West.<\/p>\n<p>He clarified that \u201che has been a resident of the Tema West Constituency for the past seven years and hence, he is very qualified under the applicable laws of the Republic of Ghana and the constitution of the NDC to contest the said parliamentary seat,\u201d contrary to claims by the group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Vincent Kubi, Tema<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post NDC Man Fights Back Over \u2018Unqualified\u2019 Claim appeared first on .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NA member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has refuted claims by some members of the party that he is not qualified to contest forthcoming parliamentary primaries in the Tema West Constituency. 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