{"id":1224394,"date":"2022-10-14T11:26:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T11:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/14\/elvis-afriyie-ankrah-opens-up-on-his-weakness\/"},"modified":"2022-10-14T11:26:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T11:26:47","slug":"elvis-afriyie-ankrah-opens-up-on-his-weakness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/14\/elvis-afriyie-ankrah-opens-up-on-his-weakness\/","title":{"rendered":"Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah opens up on his weakness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"479\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Elvis-Afriyie-Ankrah_1-696x479.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Elvis Afriyie Ankrah_1\"\/><\/div>\n<p>A General Secretary hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, says his weakness is being too passionate about things.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Asempa FM\u2019s <strong>Ekosii Sen<\/strong>, the former Director of Elections stated he goes all out when he needs something and does not rest until he achieves it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy weakness is that I am too passionate. I give my all when I need something and want it done so I always need to tone down but when I do, people sometimes complain,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The former Deputy Local Government Minister under the Mills\u2019 administration disclosed this when asked if he is fit to succeed the incumbent, Johnson Asiedu Nketia.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The race for the position is getting hotter as party stalwarts continue to declare their interest in the election slated for December 17, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The incumbent Deputy Secretary, Dr Peter Boamah Otokunor, has made public his intent to unseat his boss, Johnson Asiedu Nketia.<\/p>\n<p>But Mr Afriyie-Ankrah believes he is ahead of his contenders and the best bet for the party to recapture power and save Ghana\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been at the forefront of many of the party\u2019s initiatives over the years,\u201d he touted. <\/p>\n<p>However, he says he will not be complacent nor will he underestimate his opponents.<\/p>\n<p>He further revealed he has not started his campaign yet and is waiting for the party\u2019s branch and constituency elections to be over.<\/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=\"bLZGykl7SpE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"No Bra Day: Brassieres give us back pains \u2013 Market women - Adom TV News (13-10-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bLZGykl7SpE?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>A General Secretary hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, says his weakness is being too passionate about things. Speaking on Asempa FM\u2019s Ekosii Sen, the former Director of Elections stated he goes all out when he needs something and does not rest until he achieves it. \u201cMy weakness is that I am [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1224396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1224394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224394","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=1224394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1224394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1224394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1224394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}