{"id":144337,"date":"2024-01-27T19:24:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T19:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/27\/npp-primaries-henry-quartey-beats-moses-abor-to-retain-candidacy\/"},"modified":"2024-01-27T19:24:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T19:24:28","slug":"npp-primaries-henry-quartey-beats-moses-abor-to-retain-candidacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/27\/npp-primaries-henry-quartey-beats-moses-abor-to-retain-candidacy\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP primaries: Henry Quartey beats Moses Abor to retain candidacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey has successfully retained the Ayawaso Central candidacy after securing 594 valid votes in the New Patriotic Party\u2019s Parliamentary Primary held on Saturday, January 27.<\/p>\n

His victory means he has secured the seat for the fourth consecutive time.<\/p>\n

His competitor, Moses Abor, former Greater Accra Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party, polled 326 votes.<\/p>\n

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The constituency recorded four rejected votes.<\/p>\n

Mr Quartey, before the election, was confident of a victory to retain the Ayawaso seat as reported by the Ghana News Agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am here to win. Nobody has told me that they are tired of me. My name is Henry Quartey. The people here are going to vote for Henry Quartey. Anything that anybody says is that person\u2019s business,\u201d he said confidently.<\/p>\n

He thanked God for the gift of life and the Party for putting in all the necessary measures to ensure that the exercise would be free, fair and transparent devoid of any misunderstanding.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter all, this is an internal election and we\u2019re all one people belonging to one party and once the elections are over, it is expected that the NPP will put itself together and prosecute the agenda of breaking the eight,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Mr Moses Abor, also an aspirant seeking to topple Mr Quartey touted himself as the people\u2019s choice due to his achievements over the years.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy the grace of God, I will carry the day and bring the spirit back to Ayawaso Central. I\u2019ve worked with the people, I\u2019ve been with them since I was a Polling Station Youth Organiser, Polling Station Chairman, Deputy Constituency Youth Organiser, three-term Assembly member, two-term Regional Youth Organiser so I\u2019ve been there and they see me as their own\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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