{"id":173347,"date":"2024-04-20T07:55:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T07:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/20\/akufo-addos-driver-files-to-contest-npp-parliamentary-primary\/"},"modified":"2024-04-20T07:55:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T07:55:06","slug":"akufo-addos-driver-files-to-contest-npp-parliamentary-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/20\/akufo-addos-driver-files-to-contest-npp-parliamentary-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo&#8217;s driver files to contest NPP Parliamentary primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo\u2019s personal driver has filed his nomination to contest the La Dedekotopon NPP Parliamentary primary on April 27, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Addo who was vetted and approved by the party\u2019s Greater Accra Elections Committee says he will win the seat back for the NPP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was born and bred here in La, I have lived all my life here so I am not new in this constituency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The National Executive Committee of the NPP sanctioned a primary in the constituency after the elected Parliamentary Candidate, Dr. Gerald Joseph Tetteh resigned for personal reasons.<\/p>\n<p>The MCE for the area, Solomon Kotey Niikio has also filed his nomination to contest.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1040212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/addo-driver-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Joseph Addo who has served as President Akufo-Addo\u2019s driver for over 20 years says he has helped IN the development of the constituency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have helped the youth in this area get jobs and employment in government agencies\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He adds that, \u201cRecently when the party needed an office space after the destruction of the old office, I personally worked to get a new office for the party\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Addo is confident of winning the primary on April 27th and win the main election on December 7th.<\/p>\n<p>The NPP lost the La Dedekotopon seat in the 2020 election to the NDC\u2019s Rita Naa Odoley Sowah.<\/p>\n<p>The NPP is hoping to recapture the seat in the\u00a0December\u00a0polls.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Akufo-Addo\u2019s personal driver has filed his nomination to contest the La Dedekotopon NPP Parliamentary primary on April 27, 2024. Joseph Addo who was vetted and approved by the party\u2019s Greater Accra Elections Committee says he will win the seat back for the NPP. \u201cI was born and bred here in La, I have lived [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":173348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173347","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>Akufo-Addo&#039;s driver files to contest NPP Parliamentary primary - 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\/20\/akufo-addos-driver-files-to-contest-npp-parliamentary-primary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Akufo-Addo&#039;s driver files to contest NPP Parliamentary primary - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Akufo-Addo\u2019s personal driver has filed his nomination to contest the La Dedekotopon NPP Parliamentary primary on April 27, 2024. 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