{"id":161137,"date":"2015-10-21T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T10:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=161137"},"modified":"2015-10-21T11:29:39","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T11:29:39","slug":"npp-dismisses-80-votes-for-mahama-in-ba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/npp-dismisses-80-votes-for-mahama-in-ba\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP dismisses 80% votes for Mahama in B\/A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party(NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen, has watered down\u00a0suggestions by the chief of Sunyani that President Mahama will win 80 percent of votes in the region in the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The chief of Sunyani, Nana Asor Nkrawiri, told a gathering during a visit by the President to the area, that the chiefs of the area are appreciative of the developmental projects undertaken by\u00a0 the NDC government hence their promise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;Y3frJOJidgcqkUQV20f886Vj1SV58gVZ&#8221;]But in a reaction\u00a0to the comments on <strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong>, Nana Obiri Boahen said there was no way the NDC will\u00a0garner more votes than the NPP\u00a0in the Brong Ahafo region,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIf he had limited himself to Sunyani, that would have even been it, but to say that the whole region will be voting for the president that is never correct and that can never be possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Similar comments had been made earlier\u00a0by the Chief of Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region. He was reported to have assured President Mahama of a 50 percent vote for the NDC in the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But lawyer Obiri Boahen decried the utterances by the chiefs\u00a0describing it as unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cConstitutionally, chiefs are not supposed to take part in partisan politics, It is unfortunate that all the chiefs are now engaging in partisan politics,\u201d he lamented.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nana Obiri Boahen, who admits that\u00a0some chiefs have been seen openly declaring their support for either the NDC or the NPP, said the utterances of the chiefs are not surprising.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Pius Amihere Eduku\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party(NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen, has watered down\u00a0suggestions by the chief of Sunyani that President Mahama will win 80 percent of votes in the region in the 2016 elections. 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