{"id":155335,"date":"2015-09-28T13:39:18","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T13:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=155335"},"modified":"2015-09-28T14:21:28","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T14:21:28","slug":"ndcdecides-chereponi-youth-protest-over-dces-disqualification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=155335","title":{"rendered":"#NDCDecides: Chereponi youth protest over DCE&#8217;s disqualification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some youth of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)\u00a0in\u00a0the Chereponi Constituency, besieged the\u00a0party\u2019s Northern Regional Secretariat over the alleged disqualification of the\u00a0District Chief Executive, Hajia Mary Nakobo,\u00a0ahead of the party&#8217;s November 7 parliamentary primaries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ndc-chereponi-members-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-155338 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ndc-chereponi-members-3.jpg\" alt=\"ndc chereponi members (3)\" width=\"565\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ndc-chereponi-members-3.jpg 565w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ndc-chereponi-members-3-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The youth in a <strong>Citi News<\/strong> interview demanded that the DCE, who is their preferred candidate, should be reinstated to contest in the\u00a0primaries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The protesters&#8217; spokesperson, Kwabena Nelson, told Citi News that Hajia Mary Nakobo, has been\u00a0accused of holding\u00a0allegiance to the National Democratic Party (NDP) in Chereponi, a party founded by former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;z2rHlLeVJvXnmS8sgJyBoIrKhH6jb6bv&#8221;]He however rubbished that allegation and maintained that the DCE, who is among the only four women in the parliamentary race in the region, should be given the nod to join the race.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe allegation that was brought\u00a0against her was that she brought the NDP to Chereponi and we are coming to dismiss or defuse that allegation and ask for a solution so that they can reinstate her to\u00a0wrestle power for us in the constituency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ndc-chereponi-members-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-155337 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ndc-chereponi-members-2.jpg\" alt=\"ndc chereponi members (2)\" width=\"624\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ndc-chereponi-members-2.jpg 624w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ndc-chereponi-members-2-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, vetting of aspirants in the Bunkprugu constituency was deferred pending further investigations into petitions against some of the aspirants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The NDC General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah said seven of the aspirants who voluntarily pulled out of the race would\u00a0be reimbursed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three other aspirants were however <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/09\/28\/ndcdecides-chereponi-dce-3-others-disqualified-in-nregion\/\" target=\"_blank\">disqualified <\/a><\/strong><\/span>for various reasons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He called for party unity at all levels as a means of consolidating power in 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Asiedu Nketiah commended the aspirants and their teeming supporters for the tolerance and enthusiasm exhibited towards\u00a0the contest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some youth of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)\u00a0in\u00a0the Chereponi Constituency, besieged the\u00a0party\u2019s Northern Regional Secretariat over the alleged disqualification of the\u00a0District Chief Executive, Hajia Mary Nakobo,\u00a0ahead of the party&#8217;s November 7 parliamentary primaries. 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