{"id":143800,"date":"2015-08-16T14:27:36","date_gmt":"2015-08-16T14:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=143800"},"modified":"2015-08-16T14:27:36","modified_gmt":"2015-08-16T14:27:36","slug":"ndc-foam-club-to-get-northern-regional-minister-to-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=143800","title":{"rendered":"NDC FOAM Club to get Northern Regional Minister to Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4329\" class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4540\">A group calling itself Friends of Alhaji Muniru (FOAM) has been launched to champion the Parliamentary agenda of the Northern Regional Minister.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4542\" class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4543\">With over a thousand membership scattered all over the Damongo constituency, the group is convinced Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna is the best man to win the Damongo seat in 2016 on the ticket of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4549\" class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4550\">At the official launch in Damongo, the FOAM\u2019s President, Abubakari Yahuza described the Northern Regional Minister as a genuine man with good intentions for the Damongo constituency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4551\" class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4552\">He said the Damongo constituents are yearning for Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna as their next Member of Parliament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4557\" class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4558\">\u201cFOAM is ready for a change: our vision is to capture the Damongo seat for Hon. Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_143735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-143735\" style=\"width: 533px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/friends-of-limuna-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-143735 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/friends-of-limuna-3.jpg\" alt=\"friends of limuna  (3)\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/friends-of-limuna-3.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/friends-of-limuna-3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-143735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alhaji Limuna in green and white shirt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4556\" class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4555\">\u201cWe wish to state that our fight for this cause remains unwavering: we also wish to take this opportunity to reiterate our commitment to Hon. Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna,\u201d Abubakari Yahuza stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4554\" class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4553\">Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna who earlier in a <strong>Citi News<\/strong> interview openly declared his intention to contest in the Damongo NDC Parliamentary primaries, lauded FOAM\u2019s moves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\">Alhaji Limuna implored the FOAM executives to deepen the party\u2019s unity in Damongo.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_143733\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-143733\" style=\"width: 533px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/friends-of-limuna-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-143733 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/friends-of-limuna-1.jpg\" alt=\"friends of limuna  (1)\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/friends-of-limuna-1.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/friends-of-limuna-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-143733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FOAM members<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\">He said he wouldn\u2019t hesitate to dissociate himself from the group if it later appeared to create disunity in the party.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4578\" class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4579\">Alhaji Limuna also urged the FOAM members to desist from character assassination and acrimony.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4577\" class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4576\">Alhaji Limuna expressed his dissatisfaction over the party\u2019s performance in Damongo at the last general elections and assured the constituents that the dynamics will change in 2016 if he is the Parliamentary candidate.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_143736\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-143736\" style=\"width: 533px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/friends-of-limuna-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-143736 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/friends-of-limuna-4.jpg\" alt=\"friends of limuna  (4)\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/friends-of-limuna-4.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/friends-of-limuna-4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-143736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FOAM members<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4563\" class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4580\">\u201cAll I am asking for is unity and it should not be an organization that will bring any divisions within our great party: as for leadership it is God who gives and I believe strongly in that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4562\" class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4561\">Alhaji Limuna said he was not into politics for his selfish or parochial interest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4559\" class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4560\">\u201cWe want to make a change in the political landscape in Damongo: most of you who have been in Damongo can bear with me that until the coming of Alhaji Muniru into politics some of you didn\u2019t even know that in politics you will get pure water to drink.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\">The Northern Regional NDC Chairman, Chief Awudu Sofo Azorka commended Alhaji Limuna for his exemplary leadership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/friends-of-limuna-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-143734 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/friends-of-limuna-2.jpg\" alt=\"friends of limuna  (2)\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/friends-of-limuna-2.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/friends-of-limuna-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\">According to him, the NDC was more united under the leadership of the Regional Minister.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\">He encouraged NDC members in the Damongo constituency to endorse Alhaji Limuna\u2019s Parliamentary ambition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\">Chief Azorka called for a replication of the FOAM group across Gonjaland to win more votes for the NDC in 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\">He cautioned party members against divisive tendencies that might disintegrate the party\u2019s electoral fortunes in 2016.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4564\" class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4565\">The NDC Northern Regional Youth Organizer, Alhaji Mohammed Amin Adam Abio launched the FOAM group and urged members to operate within the party\u2019s framework.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4566\" class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4567\">He advised all NDC youth to use internal conflict resolution mechanisms to settle their differences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4590\" class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4589\">Alhaji Amin described the Northern Regional Minister as a credible politician and a unifier who deserved to be in Parliament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4583\" class=\"yiv4460361993MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439727948885_4588\">By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group calling itself Friends of Alhaji Muniru (FOAM) has been launched to champion the Parliamentary agenda of the Northern Regional Minister. 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