{"id":760334,"date":"2022-01-21T11:07:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T11:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/21\/i-paid-5k-to-delegates-yet-i-lost-the-election-politics-is-really-expensive-former-mp-audio\/"},"modified":"2022-01-21T11:07:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T11:07:44","slug":"i-paid-5k-to-delegates-yet-i-lost-the-election-politics-is-really-expensive-former-mp-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/21\/i-paid-5k-to-delegates-yet-i-lost-the-election-politics-is-really-expensive-former-mp-audio\/","title":{"rendered":"I paid 5k to delegates, yet I lost the election; politics is really expensive \u2013 Former MP [Audio]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"463\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/npp-1-Copy-696x463.jpg\"   alt=\"New Patriotic Party\" title=\"NPP logo\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Patriotic Party <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Ejisu constituency, Kwabena Owusu Aduomi, has disclosed he paid 5,000 cedis in order to entice delegates to vote for him in the 2020 parliamentary primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).<\/p>\n<p>Mr Aduomi says despite paying the enticement fee, he lost the election to his strongest opponent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI paid a lot of money during the primaries. I paid 5,000 cedis to each of the 600 delegates but I lost the election,\u201d he told a Kumasi-based radio station.<\/p>\n<p>According to him,\u00a0politics is an expensive venture and a game for the brave, not the faint-hearted.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1200113095&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me tell you this, politics is very expensive. That huge amount I paid was just for endorsement of my candidature. It\u2019s a game for the brave,\u201d said Mr Aduomi.<\/p>\n<p>The former Deputy Minister of Roads and Highways lost the Ejisu seat in the last NPP parliamentary primaries in 2020 to John Kumah.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kumah amassed 397 votes representing 55.99% as against Mr Owusu-Aduomi\u2019s 307 votes, representing 43.30%, while Abena Pokua Amoah-Boaitey had five votes representing 0.71%.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Aduomi seemed unhappy recounting his losses.<\/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=\"-jmqyFzRXho\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UTAG Strike: Our food, pocket money almost finished, UG students lament \u2013 Adom TV News (20-1-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-jmqyFzRXho?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>New Patriotic Party Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Ejisu constituency, Kwabena Owusu Aduomi, has disclosed he paid 5,000 cedis in order to entice delegates to vote for him in the 2020 parliamentary primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). 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