{"id":43631,"date":"2014-09-01T11:43:24","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T11:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=43631"},"modified":"2014-09-01T15:41:53","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T15:41:53","slug":"joe-ghartey-gives-up-on-npp-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/joe-ghartey-gives-up-on-npp-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Ghartey gives up on NPP race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the flagbearer hopefuls in the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Joe Ghartey, has announced he will not contest Nana Akufo-Addo and the three others in the planned October congress.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Ghartey survived Sunday\u2019s Super Delegates Congress with 22 votes representing 7% of the total valid votes cast which saw Nana Addo win with an overwhelming 81%.<\/p>\n<p>Despite surviving Sunday\u2019s contest, Mr. Ghartey says he will not contest in the final congress.<\/p>\n<p>The second deputy Speaker of Parliament in an interview on Sky FM in the Western Region said: \u201cI am not going to contest in the October 17 elections; we are all going to work for the NPP to come back to power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/04\/24\/joe-ghartey-addai-nimoh-join-npp-flag-bearer-race\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>When he joined the NPP flagbearership race last April<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, he believed he had paid his dues to the party and in public service \u201cand I think I am ready to serve my party and the nation in the high office of President,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, he could work with all factions within the party as a compromise candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NPP at this stage needs a compromise candidate and I believe the party in broad terms is also looking for such a candidate,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>But he has made a U-turn and according to some party insiders, he is likely join the Nana Akufo-Addo camp.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Nana Boakye-Yiadom\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the flagbearer hopefuls in the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Joe Ghartey, has announced he will not contest Nana Akufo-Addo and the three others in the planned October congress. 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