{"id":148590,"date":"2015-09-03T14:25:36","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T14:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=148590"},"modified":"2015-09-03T15:01:03","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T15:01:03","slug":"amissah-arthur-picks-mahamas-nomination-forms-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=148590","title":{"rendered":"Amissah Arthur picks Mahama&#8217;s nomination forms [photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Vice president, Kwesi Amissah Arthur has picked up nomination forms for President John \u00a0Mahama\u00a0to contest in\u00a0the presidential primaries of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kwesi Amissah Arthur picked the forms at the party&#8217;s national headquarters in Adabraka on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG-20150903-WA00041.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-148600\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG-20150903-WA00041.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20150903-WA0004\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG-20150903-WA00041.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG-20150903-WA00041-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;I181yNsmcWybKCKsMSalFH1H6uoxa1Tt&#8221;]This will be\u00a0the second time the President will be leading \u00a0the NDC as the party&#8217;s presidential candidate if he wins the primaries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The party is expected to hold primaries for both presidential and <strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/08\/27\/new-faces-battling-for-ndc-seats-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\">parliamentary candidates<\/a><\/span><\/strong> on November 7.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There were calls for President Mahama to go unopposed prior to the opening of nominations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_148596\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-148596\" style=\"width: 533px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG-20150903-WA00031.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-148596\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG-20150903-WA00031.jpg\" alt=\"Kwesi Amissah Arthur at the NDC headquarters\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG-20150903-WA00031.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG-20150903-WA00031-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-148596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kwesi Amissah Arthur at the NDC headquarters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the youth organizer of the Oyarifa branch of the NDC, <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/08\/31\/ill-legalise-wee-export-some-for-foreign-currency-mahamas-challenger\/\" target=\"_blank\">George Boateng<\/a><\/strong><\/span> on Monday picked up nomination forms to contest the President.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG-20150903-WA0006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-148598\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG-20150903-WA0006.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20150903-WA0006\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG-20150903-WA0006.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG-20150903-WA0006-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, President Mahama has failed to address what he referred to as the numerous challenges facing the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Pius Amihere Eduku\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Photo credit: Kojo Agyeman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vice president, Kwesi Amissah Arthur has picked up nomination forms for President John \u00a0Mahama\u00a0to contest in\u00a0the presidential primaries of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC). 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