{"id":257377,"date":"2016-10-12T15:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=257377"},"modified":"2016-10-12T15:00:13","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T15:00:13","slug":"weija-gbawe-i-wont-stop-using-ndc-incumbency-to-campaign-obuobia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/weija-gbawe-i-wont-stop-using-ndc-incumbency-to-campaign-obuobia\/","title":{"rendered":"Weija-Gbawe: I won’t stop using NDC incumbency to campaign – Obuobia"},"content":{"rendered":"
The electoral battle for the Weija-Gbawe parliamentary seat reached its crescendo on\u00a0Citi Fm\u2019s Campaign Trail<\/strong>\u00a0as two astute women wrestle for the votes\u00a0of the electorate.<\/p>\n The two main contenders for the seat are the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Tina Naa Ayeley Mensah and the\u00a0National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Obuobia Darko-Opoku.<\/p>\n It all started with allegations that the NDC parliamentary candidate for the constituency has been\u00a0deceiving voters by unfairly exploiting the incumbency of her party\u00a0to her advantage.<\/p>\n But Mrs. Darko-Opoku embraced the merits of belonging to the governing NDC saying, “I am the candidate for the ruling party and I will use it to campaign everyday, every night.\u201d<\/p>\n She also argued that\u00a0the people are not really complaining about how the development comes as long as it comes.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you leave on a road for 35 years and that road has never been constructed and you wake up and that road has been never been constructed and you wake up one day and that road has being constructed and is almost finished, you will appreciate it. Do you really care how it came in or not? At least something has been done.\u201d<\/p>\n