{"id":250462,"date":"2024-11-13T21:18:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T21:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/13\/afenyo-markin-not-a-strong-candidate-ill-topple-him\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T21:18:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T21:18:42","slug":"afenyo-markin-not-a-strong-candidate-ill-topple-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/13\/afenyo-markin-not-a-strong-candidate-ill-topple-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Afenyo-Markin not a strong candidate, I&#8217;ll topple him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>James Kofi Annan, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Effutu, has expressed strong confidence in his ability to unseat the incumbent Member of Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin.<\/p>\n<p>Annan criticised Afenyo-Markin\u2019s candidacy, labelling him a weak contender who does not play fairly.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on <em><strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong> <\/em>on <em><strong>Citi FM<\/strong><\/em> on Wednesday, he stated \u201cAfenyo-Markin is not a strong candidate; notwithstanding, he is a very weak candidate. He doesn\u2019t play it fairly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecently, you heard Cynthia Morrison accusing him of influencing voters from the Agona West constituency, and by Cynthia Morrison\u2019s own analysis, what we deduce from it is that Agona West alone, there were about 7,000 people imported from that constituency into Effutu constituency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Annan further alleged that the importation of voters has significantly impacted election outcomes in the Central Region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say that most of the NPP candidates who lost in the Central Region lost because of this importation of voters from their constituencies into our constituency, and we estimate that a minimum of 20,000 people have been imported from these constituencies into our constituency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when you look at our voters register it is not a true reflection of the people in the constituency,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JvPwJDGBND\">\n<p>#CitiVerify: Did Asiedu Nketiah say NDC will cancel Free SHS if elected?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201c#CitiVerify: Did Asiedu Nketiah say NDC will cancel Free SHS if elected?\u201d \u2014 Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana\" src=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2024\/11\/citiverify-did-asiedu-nketiah-say-ndc-will-cancel-free-shs-if-elected\/embed\/#?secret=ofPRvwpwN8#?secret=JvPwJDGBND\" data-secret=\"JvPwJDGBND\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>#GhanaPolls2024<\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong>#ElectionBureau<\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong>#CitiVerify<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU:\u00a0https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<p><em style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\"><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Kofi Annan, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Effutu, has expressed strong confidence in his ability to unseat the incumbent Member of Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin. Annan criticised Afenyo-Markin\u2019s candidacy, labelling him a weak contender who does not play fairly. In an interview on Eyewitness News on Citi FM on Wednesday, he stated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":250463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-250462","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>Afenyo-Markin not a strong candidate, I&#039;ll topple him - 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\/11\/13\/afenyo-markin-not-a-strong-candidate-ill-topple-him\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Afenyo-Markin not a strong candidate, I&#039;ll topple him - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"James Kofi Annan, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Effutu, has expressed strong confidence in his ability to unseat the incumbent Member of Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin. 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