{"id":136163,"date":"2015-07-21T05:30:57","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T05:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=136163"},"modified":"2015-07-21T05:41:26","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T05:41:26","slug":"nana-addo-confident-of-a-strong-npp-despite-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/07\/nana-addo-confident-of-a-strong-npp-despite-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Nana Addo confident of a strong NPP despite challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) insists that the NPP\u2019s current challenges are only temporary\u00a0 and that the party will overcome them to reclaim power in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The NPP has recently made the headlines for a number of incidents which indicate divisions within the party, the most unfortunate being the murder of the party\u2019s Upper East regional Chairman Adam Mahama.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;qisnQK9HHsowP7YLApV8Mpm453E8faMP&#8221;]The incident sparked turmoil in the party with several members calling for the ousting of the National Chairman Paul Afoko \u2013 whose brother is being held in connection with the murder \u2013 and General Secretary Kwabena \u00a0Agyepong.<\/p>\n<p>The squabbles which have characterised the party\u2019s parliamentary primaries have been a constant\u00a0 worry, \u00a0with voting\u00a0 in some of the constituencies put on hold indefinitely.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_118693\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118693\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-118693\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Afoko-and-Agyepong.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Afoko and Kwabena Agyepong\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Afoko-and-Agyepong.jpg 800w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Afoko-and-Agyepong-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-118693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Afoko and Kwabena Agyepong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The reports of factions within the party have contributed to the internal wranglings in the party.<\/p>\n<p>However, Nana Addo remains confident that the party will put all the recent issues behind them and strive to contest and win the general elections in 2016<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to have a strong NPP to be the fulcrum for making a change. Despite the challenges we are having and it is an open secret that we are having challenges inside our party I am confident that we will overcome those challenges \u00a0and that strong NPP will emerge,&#8221; Nana Addo\u00a0told party members in Manchester over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) insists that the NPP\u2019s current challenges are only temporary\u00a0 and that the party will overcome them to reclaim power in 2016. 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