{"id":1102873,"date":"2022-05-28T23:31:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T23:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/28\/three-incumbents-fail-to-retain-positions-in-western-regional-npp-elections\/"},"modified":"2022-05-28T23:31:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T23:31:43","slug":"three-incumbents-fail-to-retain-positions-in-western-regional-npp-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/28\/three-incumbents-fail-to-retain-positions-in-western-regional-npp-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Three incumbents fail to retain positions in Western Regional NPP elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Three incumbent regional executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Western Region have been unsuccessful in their re-election bid at the just-ended polls on Saturday, May 28, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The Regional Organizer, Abdul Ganiyu and Regional Women\u2019s Organizer, Abena Kwallah both lost after the election.<\/p>\n<p>Also missing out on his position is the incumbent First Vice Chair, Ishmael Evonlah Whajah.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-855182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NPP-Polls-Western-WhatsApp-Image-2022-05-28-at-5.53.11-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Francis Ndede Siah, who ran unopposed, becomes the newly elected Western Regional Chairman of the NPP.<\/p>\n<p>Oketakyire Amankwa Afrifa, son of a former head of state, won the Secretary position on his third attempt.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-855183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NPP-Polls-Western-WhatsApp-Image-2022-05-28-at-5.53.12-PM-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are results from the Western Regional NPP elections\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chairman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. FRANCIS NDEDE SIAH \u2013 UNOPPOSED<\/p>\n<p><strong>1st Vice\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. NANA KWESI ANSAH \u2013 52<br \/>2. ISHMAEL EVONLAH WHAJA -72<br \/>3. ASAFOAKYE BADU \u2013 191<br \/>4. JAMES OBENG JNR. \u2013 15<br \/>Rejected-1<\/p>\n<p><strong>2nd Vice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. KWAME ARMAH \u2013 177<br \/>2. JONATHAN AYEPA AMOAH \u2013 41<br \/>3. KEN WOODE \u2013 35<br \/>4. BABA YIDDANA \u2013 22<br \/>5. MICHAEL ASARE APPIAH \u2013 56<\/p>\n<p><strong>Secretary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. OKATAKYIE AMANKWAA AFRIFA \u2013 196<br \/>2. DOMINIC REX JONFIAH \u2013 35<br \/>3. EMMANUEL ACQUAAH \u2013 57<br \/>4. CHARLES COBBINAH \u2013 48<br \/>Rejected 1<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-855178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NPP-Polls-Western-86362c9f-2ca8-4018-b18c-860a547eccc4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Assistant Secretary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. NANA ADJOA APPIAH \u2013 264<br \/>2. FRANKLIN ADJEI \u2013 7<br \/>3. ABDUL HAKEEM BUHARI OSMAN \u2013 50<br \/>4. JOSEPH YAW BAIDOO \u2013 10<\/p>\n<p><strong>Treasurer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. HORMA AKESI MIEZA \u2013 175<br \/>2. RHODA EFE ESHUN \u2013 155<br \/>Rejected-1<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organizer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. ABDUL GANIYU MOHAMMED \u2013 149<br \/>2. AMOABENG OWUSU ACHEAMPONG \u2013 181<br \/>Rejected -1<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women Organizer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. ABENA KWALLA \u2013 127<br \/>2. ANGELA NAANA CHRISTIAN \u2013 5<br \/>3. OSEPHINE YAA ODOOM \u2013 198<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-855179\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NPP-Polls-Western-77478188-428d-4840-82b5-587d6e4a5a21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Youth organizer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. BENEDICT ADDAE-218<br \/>2. OSAGYEFO ATTIAH KWAW-113<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nasara coordinator<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. AL-LABIB IMAM ALI \u2013 213<br \/>2. HARUN ADAM\u00a0 \u2013 87<br \/>3. ABEKA DAWDA A. \u2013 13<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three incumbent regional executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Western Region have been unsuccessful in their re-election bid at the just-ended polls on Saturday, May 28, 2022. The Regional Organizer, Abdul Ganiyu and Regional Women\u2019s Organizer, Abena Kwallah both lost after the election. Also missing out on his position is the incumbent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1102876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[5906,1220,11670,7025,5781,1543,3104,1544],"class_list":["post-1102873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics","tag-elections","tag-fail","tag-incumbents","tag-npp","tag-positions","tag-regional","tag-retain","tag-western"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1102873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1102873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1102873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1102873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}