{"id":13164,"date":"2014-04-14T05:30:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T05:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=13164"},"modified":"2014-04-14T07:07:41","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T07:07:41","slug":"afoko-deserves-to-win-jake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/afoko-deserves-to-win-jake\/","title":{"rendered":"Afoko deserves to win \u2013 Jake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The defeated chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Jake Obetsebi Lamptey in an exclusive interview with <strong>Citi News<\/strong> has indicated his main opponent; Paul Afoko deserves the chairmanship slot.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Obetsebi Lamptey in congratulating Mr. Afoko said the latter\u2019s hard work during the campaign period has paid off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefinitely, I will give him the credit for achieving what he has done,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He however counselled his successor and the new national executives not to breach the trust the party delegates have put in them but they should \u201cdo the things the delegates have hoped for them of doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former NPP chairman further advised that Mr. Afoko\u2019s win should be seen as a win for the party because \u201cit is the delegates who have gone and chosen this new crop of executives and hopefully, they have chosen wisely as they have done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, apolitical science analyst, Dr. Aggrey Darko says the newly elected executives come with diverse background which will enable them rally support from the party in the next general election.<\/p>\n<p>He told <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, the new leadership of the NPP \u201cis a very formidable team with serious backgrounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey come with diverse backgrounds and I think the diversity should help them harmonize certain things,\u201d adding that they should use this diversity \u201cto draw onto their fold, the critical masses that they will need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NPP last Saturday organized their national delegates\u2019 conference where they elected national executives to manage the affairs of the party for the next four years and also to prepare and lead the party into the 2016 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osamidan\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @osamidan<\/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.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The defeated chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Jake Obetsebi Lamptey in an exclusive interview with Citi News has indicated his main opponent; Paul Afoko deserves the chairmanship slot. 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