{"id":169073,"date":"2015-11-23T15:12:02","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T15:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=169073"},"modified":"2015-11-23T15:16:07","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T15:16:07","slug":"mahama-endorsed-to-lead-ndc-in-2016-elections-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=169073","title":{"rendered":"Mahama endorsed to lead NDC in 2016 elections [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"

President John Dramani Mahama was on Sunday November 23 2015,\u00a0given the nod to lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) into the 2016 general elections.<\/p>\n

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He had a total of 1,199,118 NDC members affirming his candidature.<\/p>\n

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The figure represents the view of 95.10% of NDC members who participated in the \u2018yes\u2019 and \u2018no\u2019 vote over the weekend.<\/p>\n

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According to the Electoral Commission\u2019s Director of Elections, Samuel Tettey, the results came from 265 constituencies instead of 275.<\/p>\n

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President Mahama after the declaration thanked all party members for supporting his candidature describing the endorsement as overwhelming.<\/p>\n

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He said the NDC\u2019s new process of choosing its parliamentary and presidential candidates is commendable and much better than the previous approach where the decision was limited to a few people. \u201cI wish to thank those who voted ‘Yes’\u00a0to endorse my candidature. I also thank those who voted ‘No’.<\/p>\n

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“NDC is a party of peace, unity and democracy. I congratulate all party members who participated in this election.”<\/p>\n

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“As a leader of the party, I believe not all members are pleased with some of my decisions. I feel humbled by the overwhelming endorsement I have received from the NDC and I accept the responsibility to lead the party to victory in 2016,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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–<\/p>\n

Photos by: Kwame Botchway\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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