{"id":149049,"date":"2015-09-05T13:13:22","date_gmt":"2015-09-05T13:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=149049"},"modified":"2015-09-05T13:59:15","modified_gmt":"2015-09-05T13:59:15","slug":"ndc-decides-ill-lead-operation-recover-all-lost-seats-haruna-iddrisu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=149049","title":{"rendered":"#NDC Decides: I&#8217;ll lead &#8216;operation recover all lost seats&#8217; &#8211; Haruna Iddrisu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Member of Parliament for the Tamale South Constituency, Haruna Iddrisu has revealed plans to ensure that the NDC gets back all seats it lost to the opposition NPP in the 2012 elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, \u201csome political slips and miscalculations\u201d led to the defeat in the constituencies hence his intention to reclaim the seats for the party.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Haruna Iddrisu was speaking on <strong>The Big Issue<\/strong> shortly after he submitted his nomination forms at the Tamale South constituency office Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;cl1q25i8Y5zITlZTXKW6FMIFr6AEmccB&#8221;]\u201cThere will be operation recover all lost seats to the NPP in the region which I believe I am very capable to lead or supporting whoever will lead that process to recover those seats, so president Mahama\u2019s performance will improve in the region, parliamentary performance will improve because I have added that to my burden as a key government functionary,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At a rather \u2018low key\u2019 ceremony that characterized the <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/08\/27\/ndc-to-open-nominations-for-primaries-today\/\" target=\"_blank\">submission of the forms<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, the three time serving legislator was optimistic of being retained as the MP considering his contribution to the development of the constituency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI\u2019m optimistic that there can only be one irresistible outcome to this process, that I will be re-elected and renominated and returned to parliament as the Member of Parliament for Tamale South,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Haruna Iddrisu further ruled out any comments suggesting he had contributed to sidelining other potential competitors,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThat is not even getting my attention, for me I am running and I am ready to run whichever person may eventually emerge or not emerge, I am battle ready,\u201d he observed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>President Mahama going unopposed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile Haruna Iddrisu has downplayed assertions that the NDC is hampering internal democracy by advocating that <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\">President Mahama goes unopposed<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. He however expressed his support for the candidature of President Mahama.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHe has my personal and absolute support as president to continue to lead the party and lead the country and I believe he has the overwhelming support of the party whoever may be daring him may just be preparing himself for a humiliating defeat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a related development, Secretary for the Tamale South constituency, Suleimana Mohammed revealed that a former Constituency Secretary, Mohammed Ayew has picked nomination forms to challenge Haruna Iddrisu.\u00a0 Suleimana also indicated Mohammed Ayew had earlier in 2012 failed to meet the requirements to contest the sitting MP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Suleimana Mohammed was however confident that some major interventions by Haruna Iddrisu to the development of the welfare of the constituents will aid in his successes at the 2016 general elections.<\/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;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Member of Parliament for the Tamale South Constituency, Haruna Iddrisu has revealed plans to ensure that the NDC gets back all seats it lost to the opposition NPP in the 2012 elections. 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