{"id":75915,"date":"2014-12-21T04:47:28","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T04:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=75915"},"modified":"2014-12-21T06:17:16","modified_gmt":"2014-12-21T06:17:16","slug":"portuphy-resoundingly-beats-kwabena-adjei-to-become-ndc-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=75915","title":{"rendered":"Portuphy resoundingly beats Kwabena Adjei to become NDC chair"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Coordinator of the National Disaster Management (NADMO), Kofi Portuphy, has unseated the incumbent National Chairman of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Kwabena Adjei.<\/p>\n

He won the position by\u00a02,457 votes, representing about 75% of the total votes cast, compared to the 316 by the incumbent Dr. Kwabena Adjei.<\/p>\n

The third aspirant\u00a0Dan Abodakpi, polled 610 votes.<\/p>\n

The NDC chairmanship race was one of the most keenly contested national executive positions in the NDC.<\/p>\n

Mr Porturphy contested the position together with Dan Abodakpi, a former Minister of State and Dr. Kwabena Adjei who has held the position for two terms.<\/p>\n

The fourth aspirant, Alhaji Huudu Yahaya who is the incumbent Vice Chairman of the party withdrew from the race a few minutes to the commencement of the elections on Saturday in Kumasi.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”A78JxOzU8apbmelAjmj3XQvRCD0dscjD”]Earlier reports from the Northern Region had indicated that there was massive support for Kofi Porturphy.<\/p>\n

Over 300 delegates earlier declared their suppor<\/span>t <\/a><\/strong>for him claiming he would steer the affairs of the party better than the incumbent.<\/p>\n

The party\u2019s incumbent National Chairman, Dr. Adjei in an earlier interview with Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0was confident of a resounding victory, stressing that his opponent’s strategies will not work.<\/p>\n