{"id":1194362,"date":"2022-08-29T23:26:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T23:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/29\/coka-calls-for-early-congress-to-prepare-grounds-for-2024\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T23:26:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T23:26:26","slug":"coka-calls-for-early-congress-to-prepare-grounds-for-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/29\/coka-calls-for-early-congress-to-prepare-grounds-for-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"COKA calls for early congress to prepare grounds for 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-05-26-1053550-Copy-696x522.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Wontumi's contender COKA\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman for Kwabre South Constituency, Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, has advocated early congress by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to elect a flagbearer for the 2024 general election.<\/p>\n<p>He is of the view this would go a long way to help the party address challenges that would emerge from the contest.<\/p>\n<p>He has, therefore, appealed to the newly-elected National Executives of the party to file a paper to the NEC to consider early congress, instead of one year to the election as stipulated in the party\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman COKA, as he is affectionately called, made the call during an exclusive interview with Nhyira 104.5 FM in Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>COKA is confident of an NPP win in the 2024 general election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m telling you that whatever it takes to break the 8 is being worked on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the NPP has started working on all identified challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next two years you see me here we will be talking about our third term victory. We\u2019re doing everything to avoid apathy that affected us (NPP) in 2008,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>Touching on the current economic crisis, COKA pleaded with Ghanaians to exercise patience with the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe shall definitely get to the promised land before 2024. Let\u2019s all bear with the government and contribute our quota towards the economic recovery agenda,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>On the cedi depreciation, Chairman COKA again called on all Ghanaians, especially traders, to stop buying the dollars locally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all have a role to play as far as the cedi depreciation is concerned. Our Businessmen and women need to stop trading or buying dollars in their transaction in order to reduce pressure on the dollar He lamented that there are some people who deliberately create panic on the dollar rate in the system. All this needs to be stopped,\u201d he observed.<\/p>\n<p>The former Kwabre South Constituency NPP Chairman also admonished Ghanaians to patronise made in Ghana goods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s all focus on made in Ghana goods if we\u2019re really determined to fight the cedi depreciation war,\u201d he added.<\/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=\"1AOCnDurrPU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Akufo-Addo&#039;s Regime Is The Greatest Political Scam In The 4th Republic - Mahama (29-8-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1AOCnDurrPU?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>Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman for Kwabre South Constituency, Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, has advocated early congress by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to elect a flagbearer for the 2024 general election. 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