{"id":143570,"date":"2024-01-25T20:48:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T20:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\/"},"modified":"2024-01-25T20:48:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T20:48:44","slug":"how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"How a number 3 polo shirt landed NPP General Secretary in trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_6213-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Justin Kodua Frimpong\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), found himself in an awkward situation during the party\u2019s parliamentary primaries in orphan constituencies last year.<\/p>\n<p>According to Justin Kodua Frimpong, he received a call to come to a polling station in Adenta to resolve an issue.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that, he was wearing a casual polo shirt, completely unaware that it bore the number 3 on it.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>As the NPP General Secretary approached the polling station near the school junction, little did he know that this innocent attire choice would land him in trouble.<\/p>\n<p>When he arrived at the venue, instead of being welcomed as a problem-solver, the chief scribe said he was met with accusations from some party members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey claimed that my choice of clothing, specifically the number 3 on my shirt indicated my support for a particular candidate, Akosua Manu, also known as Kozie,\u201d Mr. Kodua recounted on Asempa FM\u2019s <strong>Ekosii Sen<\/strong> programme Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Feeling shocked by the accusations, he quickly mounted the platform and earnestly explained that his attire was a mere coincidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI pleaded with everyone present to avoid wearing clothes with numbers during elections to prevent misunderstandings and tension. At the end of the day, I had to go a platform to plead and explain to them\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Through his experience, Justin Kodua said he is very careful of what he wears during internal elections.<\/p>\n<p>He therefore warned party members not to wear such attires to avoid unnecessary controversies and distractions during Saturday\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NPP parliamentary primaries: Check out approved voting centers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJA directs media to blackout Hawa Koomson<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NPP Primaries: K.T. Hammond disappointed his challengers were not disqualified<\/h3>\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=\"4CpwjgQtDSk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Green Jobs: Employment ministry secures 150,000 to mitigate climate change effects (25-1-24)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4CpwjgQtDSk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), found himself in an awkward situation during the party\u2019s parliamentary primaries in orphan constituencies last year. According to Justin Kodua Frimpong, he received a call to come to a polling station in Adenta to resolve an issue. He noted that, he was wearing a casual polo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How a number 3 polo shirt landed NPP General Secretary in trouble - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How a number 3 polo shirt landed NPP General Secretary in trouble - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), found himself in an awkward situation during the party\u2019s parliamentary primaries in orphan constituencies last year. According to Justin Kodua Frimpong, he received a call to come to a polling station in Adenta to resolve an issue. He noted that, he was wearing a casual polo [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-25T20:48:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_6213-scaled-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/25\\\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/25\\\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"How a number 3 polo shirt landed NPP General Secretary in trouble\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-25T20:48:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/25\\\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":299,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/25\\\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/IMG_6213-scaled-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/25\\\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/25\\\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/25\\\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\\\/\",\"name\":\"How a number 3 polo shirt landed NPP General Secretary in trouble - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/25\\\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/25\\\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/IMG_6213-scaled-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-25T20:48:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/25\\\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/25\\\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/25\\\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/IMG_6213-scaled-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/IMG_6213-scaled-1.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/25\\\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How a number 3 polo shirt landed NPP General Secretary in trouble\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How a number 3 polo shirt landed NPP General Secretary in trouble - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How a number 3 polo shirt landed NPP General Secretary in trouble - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), found himself in an awkward situation during the party\u2019s parliamentary primaries in orphan constituencies last year. According to Justin Kodua Frimpong, he received a call to come to a polling station in Adenta to resolve an issue. He noted that, he was wearing a casual polo [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-01-25T20:48:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_6213-scaled-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"How a number 3 polo shirt landed NPP General Secretary in trouble","datePublished":"2024-01-25T20:48:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\/"},"wordCount":299,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_6213-scaled-1.jpg","articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\/","name":"How a number 3 polo shirt landed NPP General Secretary in trouble - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_6213-scaled-1.jpg","datePublished":"2024-01-25T20:48:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_6213-scaled-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_6213-scaled-1.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/how-a-number-3-polo-shirt-landed-npp-general-secretary-in-trouble\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How a number 3 polo shirt landed NPP General Secretary in trouble"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}