{"id":75915,"date":"2014-12-21T04:47:28","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T04:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=75915"},"modified":"2014-12-21T06:17:16","modified_gmt":"2014-12-21T06:17:16","slug":"portuphy-resoundingly-beats-kwabena-adjei-to-become-ndc-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/portuphy-resoundingly-beats-kwabena-adjei-to-become-ndc-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Portuphy resoundingly beats Kwabena Adjei to become NDC chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Coordinator of the National Disaster Management (NADMO), Kofi Portuphy, has unseated the incumbent National Chairman of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Kwabena Adjei.<\/p>\n<p>He won the position by\u00a02,457 votes, representing about 75% of the total votes cast, compared to the 316 by the incumbent Dr. Kwabena Adjei.<\/p>\n<p>The third aspirant\u00a0Dan Abodakpi, polled 610 votes.<\/p>\n<p>The NDC chairmanship race was one of the most keenly contested national executive positions in the NDC.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Porturphy contested the position together with Dan Abodakpi, a former Minister of State and Dr. Kwabena Adjei who has held the position for two terms.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth aspirant, Alhaji Huudu Yahaya who is the incumbent Vice Chairman of the party withdrew from the race a few minutes to the commencement of the elections on Saturday in Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;A78JxOzU8apbmelAjmj3XQvRCD0dscjD&#8221;]Earlier reports from the Northern Region had indicated that there was massive support for Kofi Porturphy.<\/p>\n<p>Over 300 delegates <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/12\/14\/ndc-northern-delegates-endorse-kofi-portuphy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\">earlier declared their suppor<\/span>t <\/a><\/strong>for him claiming he would steer the affairs of the party better than the incumbent.<\/p>\n<p>The party\u2019s incumbent National Chairman, Dr. Adjei in an earlier interview with <strong>Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0was confident of a resounding victory, stressing that his opponent&#8217;s strategies will not work.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New NDC Chair, Kofi Portuphy&#039;s acceptance speech\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=UUUTeE-as508hixQrNVHO7vQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Below are certified results by the EC for other executive positions of the party.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><br id=\"0.6256445222534239\" \/><br id=\"0.6057569603435695\" \/><strong>National Chairman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kofi Portuphy &#8211; 2,457<\/p>\n<p>Dan Abodakpi &#8211; 508<\/p>\n<p>Kwabena Adjei &#8211; 316<br id=\"0.6766146256122738\" \/><br id=\"0.6594059024937451\" \/><br id=\"0.2804385586641729\" \/><br id=\"0.3035688530653715\" \/><strong>General Secretary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Johnson Asiedu Nketia \u00a0-2,685<br id=\"0.9999121178407222\" \/><br id=\"0.4116891336161643\" \/>Abdula Ishaq Farakhan &#8211; 666<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/asidu-nketia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76015\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/asidu-nketia.jpg\" alt=\"asiedu nketia\" width=\"495\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/asidu-nketia.jpg 495w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/asidu-nketia-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><br id=\"0.9463371210731566\" \/><br id=\"0.491296210559085\" \/><br id=\"0.5554456277750432\" \/><strong>Vice Chair<\/strong><br id=\"0.6709599068854004\" \/><br id=\"0.6308907668571919\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo &#8211; 517<\/p>\n<p>Betty Mould-Iddrisu &#8211; 401<\/p>\n<p>Jemima Anita Desooso &#8211; 372<br id=\"0.43808318651281297\" \/><br id=\"0.20871794898994267\" \/>Lee Ocran &#8211; 286<br id=\"0.727611294714734\" \/><br id=\"0.45270321844145656\" \/>Anthony Gyampo &#8211; 347<br id=\"0.34893633937463164\" \/><br id=\"0.9912602298427373\" \/>Harry Zakour &#8211; 374<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ofosu-ampofo1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76000\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ofosu-ampofo1.jpg\" alt=\"ofosu ampofo\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ofosu-ampofo1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ofosu-ampofo1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><br id=\"0.33120742882601917\" \/><br id=\"0.4269389850087464\" \/><br id=\"0.3049290378112346\" \/><strong>National Organiser<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kofi Adams &#8211; 2,543<br id=\"0.007772969547659159\" \/><br id=\"0.08924465184099972\" \/>Yaw Boateng Gyan 734<br id=\"0.5640713686589152\" \/><br id=\"0.027404880383983254\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/kofi-adams-and-boateng-gyan-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76048\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/kofi-adams-and-boateng-gyan-2.jpg\" alt=\"kofi adams and boateng gyan 2\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/kofi-adams-and-boateng-gyan-2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/kofi-adams-and-boateng-gyan-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><br id=\"0.9249156387522817\" \/><br id=\"0.9154623437207192\" \/><br id=\"0.29490748792886734\" \/><strong>Communications Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Solomon Yaw Nkansah -1,526<br id=\"0.21930551412515342\" \/><br id=\"0.2797862309962511\" \/>Godson Kobla Agbeli Fiagbe &#8211; 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