A charged atmosphere was the simplest definition for the scene at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Sunday, November 13, 2022 when over 1,400 NDC delegates assembled to elect their regional executives who will lead the party into the 2024 general elections.
It was a reckoning day for the incumbent whose exploit saw the opposition party gaining significantly during the last held election in a dreaded political environment.
Andrews Augustus Nana Akwasi, against all odd snatched one seat from the ruling New Patriotic Party and and closed the votes margin from 23% in 2016 to 26% in 2020.
His message was “consistency, unity and hardwork.”
“We heard a lot of untrue stories about him. We knew they were fabrications to dent his image and make him unpopular, but we the delegates knew he was clean,” Mohammed, a delegate told William Evans-Nkum.
Johnson Asiedu Nketiah had told delegates prior to voting “to change some old executives who failed to meet expectations” a statement many thought could derail the incumbent chairman’s campaign strategy.
“I don’t think our General Secretary was addressing us, maybe he was talking to himself,” Fauzia told OnuaOnline.
Nana Akwasi secured 637 votes against his closest rival Evans Amankwa who had 572.
Source: Onuaonline.com|Ghana
