{"id":124176,"date":"2015-06-12T06:30:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T06:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=124176"},"modified":"2015-06-12T11:44:46","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T11:44:46","slug":"naa-torshie-is-afraid-of-competition-carlos-ahenkorah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=124176","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Naa Torshie is afraid of competition&#8217; &#8211; Carlos Ahenkorah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary aspirant who was disqualified from contesting in the party&#8217;s parliamentary primaries for the Tema West Constituency, Carlos Ahenkorah has accused the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Irene Naa Torshie Addo of frustrating his efforts to contest.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;sSfh0dzUDN5OqflL4n4DfmcuaYqGiKZl&#8221;]Carlos Ahenkorah is regarded as one of the aspirants with the potential to unseat the incumbent but<span style=\"color: #666699;\"> <strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/05\/13\/outrage-in-tema-west-npp-over-aspirant-disqualification\/#sthash.UG3t7Vl0.dUlr11Ju.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\">was later disqualified.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Regional chairman, Ishmael Ashitey told Citi News, Mr. Ahenkorah was disqualified because he has not nurtured the party at the constituency level.<\/p>\n<p>Some delegates claim his disqualification <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/05\/07\/naa-torshie-masterminded-someones-disqualification-npp-executive\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>was masterminded<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>by Naa Torshie Addo.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_115925\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115925\" style=\"width: 394px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/carlos-ahenkorah.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-115925\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/carlos-ahenkorah.jpg\" alt=\"Carlos Ahenkorah\" width=\"394\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/carlos-ahenkorah.jpg 394w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/carlos-ahenkorah-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-115925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carlos Ahenkorah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Carlos Ahenkorah who is challenging attempts to disqualify him said Naa Torshie Addo who is his main challenger has written a number of petitions against his candidature.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Citi News after meeting the NPP\u2019s Appeals Committee on Thursday, Mr. Ahenkorah said all allegations against him are frivolous.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Her issues are so numerous. She is talking about nurturing, she is talking about residence, she is talking about so many things. I have been able to prove to her that I am resident in Tema West,&#8221; he stated.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">&#8220;Infact indeed I won a court case on this matter this year that the Judge accepted the fact that I live in Tema West and I could vote and be voted for in Tema West. Then came nurturing. Nurturing I was able to prove that I have nurtured this constituency but of course she is trying to disprove my information that I gave out as nurturing the constituency. She is not allowing anyone to come because she is afraid of competition,&#8221; the frustrated aspirant claimed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>NPP supporters demand Ahenkorah&#8217;s clearance\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a related development, scores of \u00a0NPP youth believed to be from Tema West Constituency on Thursday gathered outside\u00a0the party\u2019s head office in Accra to demand the clearance of Carlos Ahenkorah.<\/p>\n<p>This occurred while Carlos was in a meeting with the party\u2019s Appeals Committee over his candidature.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EfeAnsah\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @EfeAnsah<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s) [0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary aspirant who was disqualified from contesting in the party&#8217;s parliamentary primaries for the Tema West Constituency, Carlos Ahenkorah has accused the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Irene Naa Torshie Addo of frustrating his efforts to contest. 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