{"id":55660,"date":"2014-10-12T14:22:39","date_gmt":"2014-10-12T14:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=55660"},"modified":"2014-10-13T09:25:21","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T09:25:21","slug":"delegate-disrupts-alans-speech-declares-support-for-nana-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=55660","title":{"rendered":"Delegate disrupts Alan&#8217;s speech, declares support for Nana Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful Alan Kyeremanteng&#8217;s campaign in the Techiman South Constituency of the Brong Ahafo Region, nearly turned chaotic when a delegate disrupted his campaign speech and said they [the delegates] have made up their minds to vote for his opponent Nana Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">The delegate, David Boakye who is also the\u00a0party\u2019s constituency secretary,\u00a0after interrupting Alan&#8217;s speech also openly declared his support for Nana Addo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Citi News\u2019<\/b> Brong Ahafo regional correspondent, Kwadwo Brefo reported that\u00a0 Mr. Kyerematen was outlining his plans and vision for the party when\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">David Boakye budged in said they, [the delegates] were sure Nana Addo would win the party\u2019s elections and urged Mr. Kyerematen to rather \u201csupport Nana Addo with all the logistics and resources he is promising the delegates.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;w9ZQqLsl7VN2Ru1CV1jnBbrh19lchDKA&#8221;]Alan Kyerematen&#8217;s spokesperson, Nana Ohene Ntow reacted angrily and grabbed the microphone from Mr. Boakye prompting heated exchanges between the two, but the situation was resolved.<\/p>\n<p>Alan Kerematen, who <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/14\/alan-promises-1st-round-victory-for-npp-if\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>launched his campaign<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in September has already toured various parts of the country, including, the Volta, the Upper West and the <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/22\/alan-begins-campaign-tour-in-northern-region\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Northern Regions<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, and has previously stated that <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/03\/delegates-still-want-me-alan-k\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>he is unperturbed<\/strong><\/span><\/a> by the reports of delegates declaring their support for Nana Addo.<\/p>\n<p>There have been calls for the remaining candidates to drop out of the race in order to allow Nana Addo to run alone after he <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/08\/31\/nana-addo-rolls-to-easy-victory-with-81-28-of-votes\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">polled 81 percent of votes<\/span><\/strong><\/a> in the party&#8217;s Super Delegates Congress in August.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSC_0123_Fotor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DSC_0123_Fotor\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSC_0123_Fotor.jpg\" width=\"4608\" height=\"3072\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alan Kyeremanten, has been criticised recently, by opponents\u00a0and political watchers\u00a0for his promises to \u00a0delegates in the Volta Region to\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/10\/09\/alan-promises-delegates-bicycles-phones-and-money\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>provide them with bicycles and other goodies<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0if they elect him as the party&#8217;s candidate, who regard this as an attempt to &#8220;buy votes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eddiekkofi\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @eddiekkofi<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.crea   teElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful Alan Kyeremanteng&#8217;s campaign in the Techiman South Constituency of the Brong Ahafo Region, nearly turned chaotic when a delegate disrupted his campaign speech and said they [the delegates] have made up their minds to vote for his opponent Nana Akufo-Addo. 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