{"id":271889,"date":"2024-12-28T10:42:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T10:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/28\/its-nonsensical-to-blame-npps-defeat-on-just-voter-apathy-gyampo\/"},"modified":"2024-12-28T10:42:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T10:42:32","slug":"its-nonsensical-to-blame-npps-defeat-on-just-voter-apathy-gyampo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/28\/its-nonsensical-to-blame-npps-defeat-on-just-voter-apathy-gyampo\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s nonsensical to blame NPP\u2019s defeat on just voter apathy Gyampo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof. Ransford Gyampo has described claims that John Dramani Mahama lost the elections because members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) did not go out to vote as nonsensical.<\/p>\n<p>To him, it is mere propaganda to say that members of the NPP stayed home, hence John Dramani Mahama\u2019s victory in the 2024 elections.<\/p>\n<p><button><span>See More<!-- --> <\/span><span>\u276f<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof. Ransford Gyampo has described claims that John Dramani Mahama lost the elections because members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) did not go out to vote as nonsensical. 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