{"id":238971,"date":"2016-08-14T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T06:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=238971"},"modified":"2016-08-14T06:00:51","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T06:00:51","slug":"ndc-launches-campaign-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/ndc-launches-campaign-today\/","title":{"rendered":"#GHElections:NDC launches campaign today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Democratic Congress (NDC) will be launching its campaign today [Sunday], at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium in the Central Region, although its manifesto is not known, with barely\u00a0four months to the elections in December.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-239004 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ndc-campaign-saturday-3.jpg\" alt=\"ndc campaign saturday (3)\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The launch, themed &#8220;Changing Lives, Transforming Ghana&#8221;, will be attended by thousands\u00a0of party members and sympathizers,\u00a0where President John Mahama would be officially outdoored as the party&#8217;s Presidential nominee for the December polls.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-239003 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ndc-campaign-saturday-2.jpg\" alt=\"ndc campaign saturday (2)\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The NDC have said the choice of the Central Region for the launch was a tribute to the late former President, John Evans Attah Mills, who hails from the region, four years after his passing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-238996 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ndc-campaign-launch-preps-21_467x700.jpg\" alt=\"ndc campaign launch preps (21)_467x700\" width=\"467\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ban on drumming and noise-making lifted for NDC&#8217;s campaign launch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Oguaa Traditional Council\u2019 ban on drumming and noise-making in the Cape Coast area, which was imposed as part of the preparations for the Fetu Afahye festival, was lifted on Friday <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/13\/ndc-didnt-bribe-us-to-lift-noise-making-ban-oguaa-council\/\">amidst controversy<\/a><\/strong><\/span> just in time for the launch.<\/p>\n<p>There had been reports that the governing party was mulling over possibly postponing the campaign launch due to the ban.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-238988 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ndc-campaign-launch-preps-13_900x506.jpg\" alt=\"ndc campaign launch preps (13)_900x506\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hotels fully booked<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to<strong> Citi Business News,<\/strong>\u00a0Hotels and guest houses in the Central Region are <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/13\/hotels-guest-houses-full-ahead-of-ndc-campaign-launch\/\">cashing in heavily<\/a><\/strong><\/span> on\u00a0the launch as almost, if not all hotel rooms from standard to suites, have been fully booked by party officials, ministers, MMDCEs, parliamentary candidates and supporters in the Cape Coast area.<\/p>\n<p>The development has also led to some party faithfuls booking accommodation outside Cape Coast in areas like Saltpond, Mankessim and Takoradi in the Western Region.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-238946 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ndc-campaign-launch-preps-3_900x506.jpg\" alt=\"ndc campaign launch preps (3)_900x506\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The NDC has indicated that it will launch its manifesto three weeks after today\u2019s\u00a0campaign launch, whilst\u00a0rubbishing claims it is delaying its manifesto release.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-238944 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ndc-campaign-launch-preps-1_900x553.jpg\" alt=\"ndc campaign launch preps (1)_900x553\" width=\"900\" height=\"553\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to them, they have\u00a0always launched the campaign before the manifesto.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Democratic Congress (NDC) will be launching its campaign today [Sunday], at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium in the Central Region, although its manifesto is not known, with barely\u00a0four months to the elections in December. 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