{"id":171173,"date":"2024-04-13T08:38:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T08:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/13\/kwesi-nyantakyi-hospitalised-ahead-of-ejisu-npp-primary\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T08:38:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T08:38:09","slug":"kwesi-nyantakyi-hospitalised-ahead-of-ejisu-npp-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/13\/kwesi-nyantakyi-hospitalised-ahead-of-ejisu-npp-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwesi Nyantakyi hospitalised ahead of Ejisu NPP primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President of the Ghana Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, who is contesting the New Patriotic Party\u2019s parliamentary primary in the Ejisu Constituency, has been hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p>A source from his campaign team confirmed to Citi News that Mr. Nyantakyi suffered stomach pain on Friday night and was taken to the hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>According to the source, Mr Nyantakyi\u2019s illness may have been caused by not eating all day, as he had a busy schedule ahead of Saturday\u2019s polls, including a planned meeting with delegates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was taken to the Legacy Hospital at Asokore Mampong for treatment where he has been since Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 1081 delegates will this morning decide the fate of nine aspirants seeking to represent the New Patriotic Party in the upcoming By-election in the Ejisu Constituency.<\/p>\n<p>The party is holding its Parliamentary primary to choose a candidate after the demise of the Member of Parliament for Ejisu, John Ampontuah Kumah.<\/p>\n<p>There have been intense campaign activities within the week as aspirants engage delegates to seek their votes.<\/p>\n<p>The party is, however, cautioning both aspirants and delegates to strictly adhere to the election guidelines and reiterate calls for aspirants not to camp delegates.<\/p>\n<p>Ashanti Regional Research and Elections Officer of the NPP, Nana Kofi Owusu told Citi News that all is set for today\u2019s\u00a0elections.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President of the Ghana Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, who is contesting the New Patriotic Party\u2019s parliamentary primary in the Ejisu Constituency, has been hospitalized. A source from his campaign team confirmed to Citi News that Mr. Nyantakyi suffered stomach pain on Friday night and was taken to the hospital for treatment. 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