{"id":186774,"date":"2016-02-03T14:33:39","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T14:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=186774"},"modified":"2016-02-03T14:33:39","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T14:33:39","slug":"i-want-to-be-nana-konadus-running-mate-greenstreet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=186774","title":{"rendered":"I want to be Nana Konadu&#8217;s running mate &#8211; Greenstreet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Days after his shocking\u00a0landslide\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2016\/01\/30\/ivor-greenstreet-shocks-samia-to-emerge-cpp-flagbearer\/\">victory<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in the Convention Peoples Party&#8217;s (CPP) presidential primary, Ivor Greenstreet has revealed in a rather cynical fashion, that he would consider running with the leader of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, in the next election \u2013 as her running mate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During some friendly banter on Metro TV\u2019s Good Evening Ghana, the show\u2019s host, Paul Adom-Otchere tried to push Mr Greenstreet to reveal his choice of running mate.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-186775\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/12670299_1075350045831040_3397126772208170039_n-e1454506650756.jpg\" alt=\"12670299_1075350045831040_3397126772208170039_n\" width=\"600\" height=\"363\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Greenstreet indicated, having Mr Adom Okyere himself as a running mate wouldn\u2019t be a bad idea but went further to playfully suggest that he would consider merging his party with the NDP just to run as Nana Konadu\u2019s running mate in the November polls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cNana Konadu perhaps&#8230; I want to be her running mate. She\u2019ll be the candidate and I\u2019ll be the running mate,\u201d Mr Greenstreet declared jokingly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Greenstreet&#8217;s \u00a0light-hearted comment perhaps only suggests her admiration for the tough politician and her principles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111930\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-111930\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/front-pix.jpg\" alt=\"Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings \" width=\"600\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/front-pix.jpg 591w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/front-pix-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nana Konadu, as Flagbearer of the NDP, was left disappointed as she could not contest the 2012 elections because the processing of her presidential forms had not been fully completed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the National Youth Leader of the NDP, Mr Charles Opoku, earlier this month confirmed that the former First Lady, will contest the 2016 presidential polls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barring any shocking merger between the CPP and the NDP, Mr Greenstreet will also be contesting the November polls as the presidential candidate of the CPP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Greenstreet polled 1,288 votes to beat the daughter of CPP Founder and Ghana\u2019s First President, Samia Nkrumah who had 579 votes in Saturday primary at the Accra International Trade Fair Centre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Days after his shocking\u00a0landslide\u00a0victory in the Convention Peoples Party&#8217;s (CPP) presidential primary, Ivor Greenstreet has revealed in a rather cynical fashion, that he would consider running with the leader of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, in the next election \u2013 as her running mate. 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