{"id":233237,"date":"2016-07-21T18:14:31","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T18:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=233237"},"modified":"2016-07-21T18:14:31","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T18:14:31","slug":"ndps-nana-konadu-set-for-july-27-iea-conversation-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=233237","title":{"rendered":"NDP&#8217;s Nana Konadu set for July 27 IEA Conversation Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The flagbearer of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, will take her turn at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA)&#8217;s Conversation Series on Wednesday July 27, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;VnhgFpowRLsuPU8nG2bL6JVR1xyoIj5t&#8221;]Nana Konadu, who broke away from the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) &#8211; a party founded by her husband, Jerry John Rawlings, was\u00a0confirmed back in May as the Presidential Candidate of the NDP for the elections.<\/p>\n<p>The programme\u00a0will be the third\u00a0of four scheduled events\u00a0with the presidential candidates of the People&#8217;s National Convention (PNC), New Patriotic Party (NPP),\u00a0Convention People&#8217;s Party (CPP) and the NDP and will be broadcast live on Citi 97.3 FM.<\/p>\n<p>The flagbearer of the the PNC, Dr. Edward Mahama, was the first at the IEA Conversation Series\u00a0and\u00a0promised, among other things, to <a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/22\/i-will-decouple-ags-office-justice-ministry-edward-mahama\/\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>decouple\u00a0the Attorney General&#8217;s department<\/strong><\/span><\/a> from the Ministry of Justice and make fixing the power crisis his <a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/22\/fixing-power-sector-will-be-top-priority-edward-mahama\/\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>top priority<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_224395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224395\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cac2912f-ea55-467a-9223-41c8e6f28191.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-224395\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cac2912f-ea55-467a-9223-41c8e6f28191.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Edward Nasigri Mahama at the IEA Evening Encounter Series.\" width=\"600\" height=\"395\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-224395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Edward Nasigri Mahama at the IEA Conversation\u00a0Series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ivor Greenstreet, who was elected the flagbearer of the CPP earlier this year, promised to set up a credible National Identification system after six months of assuming office and\u00a0deal with corruption in state institutions.<\/p>\n<p>He also stated that, his party would\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/29\/cpp-to-generate-electricity-from-wind-if-elected-greenstreet\/\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>provide cheap electricity<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>for Ghanaians\u00a0by tapping into the\u00a0wind resource should they be voted into power.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ivor-greenstreet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-226335\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ivor-greenstreet.jpg\" alt=\"ivor greenstreet\" width=\"536\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The flagbearer of the NPP, Nana Akufo Addo, who was initially set to appear at the IEA platform on\u00a0July 5, will now do so on August 9.<\/p>\n<p>The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the Progressive People&#8217;s Party (PPP), have decided to boycott the IEA&#8217;s events after a disagreement with the Institute over its failure to\u00a0engage the parties enough in its plans for the debates ahead of the polls.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_214931\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214931\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/akufoaddo-alisa3-may16-large-e1464112375394.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-214931\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/akufoaddo-alisa3-may16-large-e1464112375394.jpg\" alt=\"Nana Addo\" width=\"478\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-214931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nana Addo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Edwin Kwakofi\/ghanadecides.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The flagbearer of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, will take her turn at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA)&#8217;s Conversation Series on Wednesday July 27, 2016. 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