{"id":237442,"date":"2024-10-23T08:20:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T08:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/23\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\/"},"modified":"2024-10-23T08:20:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T08:20:04","slug":"bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/23\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Bawumia Calls Out NDC&#8217;s Desperation&#8230; As Opposition Party Faces Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has taken a swipe at the National Democratic Congress (NDC), saying their desperate attempt to occupy the Majority side in Parliament is a clear indication they\u2019re losing the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a rally in the Volta Region, Bawumia questioned the NDC\u2019s motives, asking why they\u2019re fighting to be the majority with just two months to the elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NDC knows they are losing this election\u2026 they\u2019re panicking,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>This development comes on the heels of a Supreme Court ruling directing Parliament to recognize four MPs, whose seats were declared vacant by the Speaker, Alban Bagbin.<\/p>\n<p>The affected lawmakers are Cynthia Morrison (Agona West), Kwadwo Asante (Suhum), Andrew Asiamah Amoako (Fomena), and Peter Kwakye Ackah (Amenfi Central).<\/p>\n<p>The NDC has vowed to protect their newfound Majority status, with leader Cassiel Ato Forson stating, \u201cWe will not bow, retreat, nor surrender our lawfully earned status\u2026 Any interference with the business of Parliament is unlawful, unacceptable, and shall be resisted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Dr Bawumia remains confident, saying, \u201cFor us, we are going to stay focused, we will not be distracted, we are the Majority party, and we will be the majority on December 7.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>BY Daniel Bampoe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has taken a swipe at the National Democratic Congress (NDC), saying their desperate attempt to occupy the Majority side in Parliament is a clear indication they\u2019re losing the upcoming elections. Speaking at a rally in the Volta Region, Bawumia questioned the NDC\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":208081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237442","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>Bawumia Calls Out NDC&#039;s Desperation... As Opposition Party Faces Defeat - 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\/10\/23\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bawumia Calls Out NDC&#039;s Desperation... As Opposition Party Faces Defeat - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0 Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has taken a swipe at the National Democratic Congress (NDC), saying their desperate attempt to occupy the Majority side in Parliament is a clear indication they\u2019re losing the upcoming elections. Speaking at a rally in the Volta Region, Bawumia questioned the NDC\u2019s [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/23\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-23T08:20:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1723545534_dr-bawumia-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"544\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"428\" \/>\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\\\/10\\\/23\\\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/23\\\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Bawumia Calls Out NDC&#8217;s Desperation&#8230; As Opposition Party Faces Defeat\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-23T08:20:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/23\\\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":221,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/23\\\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/1723545534_dr-bawumia-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/23\\\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/23\\\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/23\\\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bawumia Calls Out NDC's Desperation... As Opposition Party Faces Defeat - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/23\\\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/23\\\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/1723545534_dr-bawumia-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-23T08:20:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/23\\\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/23\\\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/23\\\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/1723545534_dr-bawumia-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/1723545534_dr-bawumia-1.jpg\",\"width\":544,\"height\":428},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/23\\\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bawumia Calls Out NDC&#8217;s Desperation&#8230; As Opposition Party Faces Defeat\"}]},{\"@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":"Bawumia Calls Out NDC's Desperation... As Opposition Party Faces Defeat - 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\/10\/23\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bawumia Calls Out NDC's Desperation... As Opposition Party Faces Defeat - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"\u00a0 Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has taken a swipe at the National Democratic Congress (NDC), saying their desperate attempt to occupy the Majority side in Parliament is a clear indication they\u2019re losing the upcoming elections. Speaking at a rally in the Volta Region, Bawumia questioned the NDC\u2019s [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/23\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-10-23T08:20:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":544,"height":428,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1723545534_dr-bawumia-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\/10\/23\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/23\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Bawumia Calls Out NDC&#8217;s Desperation&#8230; As Opposition Party Faces Defeat","datePublished":"2024-10-23T08:20:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/23\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\/"},"wordCount":221,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/23\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1723545534_dr-bawumia-1.jpg","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/23\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/23\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/23\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\/","name":"Bawumia Calls Out NDC's Desperation... As Opposition Party Faces Defeat - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/23\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/23\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1723545534_dr-bawumia-1.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-23T08:20:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/23\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/23\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/23\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1723545534_dr-bawumia-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1723545534_dr-bawumia-1.jpg","width":544,"height":428},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/23\/bawumia-calls-out-ndcs-desperation-as-opposition-party-faces-defeat\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bawumia Calls Out NDC&#8217;s Desperation&#8230; As Opposition Party Faces Defeat"}]},{"@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\/237442","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=237442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}