{"id":1090145,"date":"2022-05-17T11:57:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T11:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/17\/odeneho-kwaku-appiah-files-to-contest-ashanti-npp-chairmanship-race\/"},"modified":"2022-05-17T11:57:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T11:57:33","slug":"odeneho-kwaku-appiah-files-to-contest-ashanti-npp-chairmanship-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/17\/odeneho-kwaku-appiah-files-to-contest-ashanti-npp-chairmanship-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Odeneho Kwaku Appiah files to contest Ashanti NPP chairmanship race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"617\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-05-17-at-3.31.14-AM.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Odeneho NPP Ashanti region chairman\"\/><\/div>\n<p>An Ashanti Regional Chairman hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Odeneho Kwaku Appiah is predicting an 86% victory ahead of the upcoming internal elections.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post to address his supporters, COKA, as he is affectionately called said: \u201cSo far, so good, I see 86% victory. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate. COKA, I care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former Afigya Kwabre South NPP chairman has thus filed to challenge incumbent, Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly called Chairman Wontumi.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, 16 May 2022, COKA\u2019s campaign team were at the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council (ARCC) to officially submit nomination forms to a committee set up to supervise the election.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The team was welcomed by a cheerful crowd of supporters clad in NPP colours.<\/p>\n<p>The forms were received by the Chairman of the Elections Committee, who doubles as the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah.<\/p>\n<p>A member of COKA\u2019s campaign team, Keskine Opoku rallied delegates to vote massively for the man he described as a \u201cdynamic\u201d leader.<\/p>\n<p>He was very optimistic that COKA will win the Ashanti Regional chairmanship race scheduled for May 27 and May 29, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Opoku called on the NPP fraternity to avoid strife and acrimony ahead of the primaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur aspiring candidate is a unifier and so we expect all his supporters and the NPP family to avoid any act that will divide the party,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"rZVokJdFXgk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fuel Prices To Rise marginally In Second Pricing Window Of May - IES (17-5-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rZVokJdFXgk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Ashanti Regional Chairman hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Odeneho Kwaku Appiah is predicting an 86% victory ahead of the upcoming internal elections. In a Facebook post to address his supporters, COKA, as he is affectionately called said: \u201cSo far, so good, I see 86% victory. 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