{"id":253516,"date":"2016-09-29T19:53:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T19:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=253516"},"modified":"2016-09-29T19:53:56","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T19:53:56","slug":"cpp-chooses-gabby-nketia-as-running-mate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/cpp-chooses-gabby-nketia-as-running-mate\/","title":{"rendered":"CPP chooses Gabby Nketia as running mate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Convention People’s Party, (CPP), has settled on a businessman, Nana Gabby Nketia as the running mate for its presidential candidate Ivor Kobina Greenstreet for the December elections.<\/p>\n

Mr. Gabby Nketia, a politician and a businessman, has worked with both the Ghana Armed Forces and\u00a0the\u00a0British Army, and is expected to complement the efforts of Mr. Greenstreet, with his international influence to help enhance the party\u2019s chances of winning the elections.<\/p>\n

The Communications Director of the CPP, Kadir Abdul Rauf Issifu, confirmed the decision\u00a0to Citi News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor more than a month now, the Convention People\u2019s Party has been working very hard to settle the issue for our running mate for the 2016 general elections. Initially, several names came up, numbering up to six, but after we did the SWOT analysis, the party\u2019s Central Committee settled on Nana Gabby Nketia. He is a retired diplomat, a traditional ruler and a politician.<\/p>\n

“The party settled on him because of his level of exposure and maturity. He is an engineer by profession and he has also been working with the Ghana Armed Forces and the British Army so the party is very hopeful that this duo will lead the process of the new political and economic order in the country. As a retired economic diplomat, undoubtedly he has the international contacts and apart from that he has also served as an adviser to President Kufuor before; so he has a deeper appreciation of the problems of the country,” he said.<\/p>\n

By this nomination, the party hopes he will effectively complement the Flagbearer, given his deep understanding of national issues.<\/p>\n

Nana Gabby Nsiah is married to Monica Nee Kusi and has five children.<\/p>\n

Ivor Greenstreet\u00a0shocks Samia to emerge CPP flagbearer<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The former General Secretary of the Convention People\u2019s Party (CPP), Ivor Greenstreet,\u00a0was elected as<\/strong> <\/span>Flagbearer of the party for the general elections during a National Delegates’ Congress held in January this year[2016].<\/p>\n

Greenstreet fended off competition from Samia Nkrumah, daughter of Ghana\u2019s first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah who had been widely tipped to emerge victorious.<\/p>\n

Certified results revealed that Greenstreet polled well over half of the\u00a01,992 valid\u00a0votes cast.\u00a0 His tally of\u00a01,288 votes representing 64.7% saw him easily beat Samia\u2019s total of\u00a0578 representing about\u00a029%.<\/p>\n

The other aspirants Joseph Agyapong and Bright Akwetey polled less than 10% of the votes combined, picking up 82 and 44 votes respectively.<\/p>\n

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By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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