{"id":222056,"date":"2016-06-13T17:34:31","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T17:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=222056"},"modified":"2016-06-13T17:34:31","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T17:34:31","slug":"apc-endorses-hassan-ayariga-for-november-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/apc-endorses-hassan-ayariga-for-november-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"APC endorses Hassan Ayariga for November polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the newly formed All People\u2019s Party (APC) on Monday June 13, acclaimed Hassan Ayariga as the party&#8217;s flagbearer for the 2016 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Hassan Ayariga was acclaimed during the party&#8217;s national delegates&#8217; congress\u00a0at the International Conference Centre in Accra.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_222059\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-222059\" style=\"width: 712px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-222059\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/hassan-ayariga-supporters-2.jpg\" alt=\"Some APC members at the Accra International Conference Centre\" width=\"712\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-222059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some APC members at the Accra International Conference Centre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mr. Ayariga was also confirmed as the APC&#8217;s founder and National Chairman ahead of the polls.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the congress affirmed the party\u2019s national executives for the next four years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-163150 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/election.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/hassan-ayariga-supporters-1.jpg\" alt=\"hassan ayariga supporters (1)\" width=\"712\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>About 500 delegates and scores of non-party members attended the congress.<\/p>\n<p>The Convention People\u2019s Party (CPP), the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the Independent Presidential Candidate for the 2012 general election, Joseph Osei Yeboah, were at the congress in solidarity with APC.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-163152 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/election.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/hassan-ayariga-supporters-3.jpg\" alt=\"hassan ayariga supporters (3)\" width=\"712\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some individuals at the congress claimed they were just given party T-shirts to show up as APC delegates with no idea about the party.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of children also thronged the conference center to witness proceedings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-163153 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/election.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/hassan-ayariga-supporters-4.jpg\" alt=\"hassan ayariga supporters (4)\" width=\"712\" height=\"400\" \/><br \/>\nHassan Ayariga, who led the People\u2019s National Convention (PNC) in the 2012 elections formed the APC after he failed to clinch the flagbearership slot for the party for the 2016 polls.<\/p>\n<p>He lost the slot to veteran politician and former flagbearer, Dr. Edward Mahama, who had previously contested for the presidency on four different occasions in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008.<\/p>\n<p>_<\/p>\n<p>By: Philip Nii Lartey\/Felicia Osei\/election.citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the newly formed All People\u2019s Party (APC) on Monday June 13, acclaimed Hassan Ayariga as the party&#8217;s flagbearer for the 2016 general elections. 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