{"id":1250918,"date":"2022-11-15T11:14:41","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T11:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/15\/i-paid-over-gh%c2%a2460k-during-the-election-but-lost-ndc-aspirant\/"},"modified":"2022-11-15T11:14:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T11:14:41","slug":"i-paid-over-gh%c2%a2460k-during-the-election-but-lost-ndc-aspirant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/15\/i-paid-over-gh%c2%a2460k-during-the-election-but-lost-ndc-aspirant\/","title":{"rendered":"I paid over GH\u00a2460k during the election but lost \u2013 NDC aspirant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"408\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aT7PuLJl-Copy-696x408.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"NDC\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Defeated aspiring Ashanti Region Chairman in the just-ended executive elections of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), lawyer Evans Amankwaa, has revealed how he paid over GH\u00a2460,600 to the entire 1,400 delegates on the election day.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on\u00a0Akoma FM\u2019s current affairs and political show\u00a0<em>GhanAkoma,<\/em>\u00a0the defeated aspirant explained that on the day of elections, he paid GH\u00a2350 to each delegate for lunch and transportation, which is estimated to amount to almost GH\u00a2500,000.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Amankwaa further told host of the show Aduanaba Kofi Asante Ennin that the total amount of money he spent before and during the elections is over GH\u00a21 million.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>When asked if he was surprised with the results after spending such amount on the election, he responded, thus: \u201cI wasn\u2019t surprised at yesterday\u2019s results though I was confident of winning the election I was as well aware that anything could happen so I have spent hugely on the just ended elections but it was my decision so I never regret my actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The just-ended Ashanti Region NDC executive elections brought together over 1,400 delegates from the 47 constituencies to the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Sunday, November 13.<\/p>\n<p>After the election, incumbent chairman Augustus Nana Akwasi Andrews sailed through with 637 votes while lawyer Evans Amankwa managed 572 votes with Yaw Owusu Obimpeh coming third with 137 votes.<\/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=\"TTnB9fXd9cI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CETAG, CENTSAG Strike: Staff of College of Education desert campuses - Adom TV News (14-11-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TTnB9fXd9cI?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>Defeated aspiring Ashanti Region Chairman in the just-ended executive elections of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), lawyer Evans Amankwaa, has revealed how he paid over GH\u00a2460,600 to the entire 1,400 delegates on the election day. 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