{"id":173269,"date":"2024-04-19T17:17:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T17:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/19\/no-independent-candidate-can-win-ejisu-by-election\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T17:17:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T17:17:01","slug":"no-independent-candidate-can-win-ejisu-by-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/19\/no-independent-candidate-can-win-ejisu-by-election\/","title":{"rendered":"No Independent Candidate can win Ejisu by-election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"39f29dde-adf0-423b-b589-dbc7a68bf52e\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<p>The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has expressed confidence in winning the forthcoming by-election in the Ejisu Constituency, notwithstanding the emergence of independent candidate Kwabena Owusu Aduomi as a formidable contender.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-1 flex gap-3 empty:hidden\">\n<p>NPP members are actively engaging in campaign activities throughout the Constituency to garner support for the impending election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Both the party\u2019s national and regional executives have intensified their efforts within the constituency and are confident in retaining the Ejisu parliamentary seat.<\/p>\n<p>Henry Nana Boakye, National Organizer of the NPP, expressed the party\u2019s unwavering confidence in an interview with Citi News, stating, <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cClearly Ejisu is NPP and NPP is Ejisu\u2026w<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">e do not see that any independent candidate can win the Ejisu Constituency. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWe have a vibrant and energetic lawyer and we are strategically positioning the party to win this hands down,\u201d he stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The party further asserted that Kwabena Owusu Aduomi, the former Member of Parliament for the area running as an independent candidate, has offered minimal contribution to the constituency\u2019s development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Nana Boakye added that the independent candidate poses no threat to the party\u2019s expected victory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe facts are there; under President Kufuor, he was appointed at the Ministry of Highways as a director. Under Nana Akufo-Addo he was appointed as a deputy minister of roads\u2026<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">NPP <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">gave him the opportunity<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to be an MP for 12 good years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has expressed confidence in winning the forthcoming by-election in the Ejisu Constituency, notwithstanding the emergence of independent candidate Kwabena Owusu Aduomi as a formidable contender. NPP members are actively engaging in campaign activities throughout the Constituency to garner support for the impending election. Both the party\u2019s national and regional executives [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":173270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No Independent Candidate can win Ejisu by-election - 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\/04\/19\/no-independent-candidate-can-win-ejisu-by-election\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No Independent Candidate can win Ejisu by-election - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has expressed confidence in winning the forthcoming by-election in the Ejisu Constituency, notwithstanding the emergence of independent candidate Kwabena Owusu Aduomi as a formidable contender. 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