Kofi Portuphy Wins

Two leading members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC); Dr. Kwabena Adjei and Yaw Boateng Gyan have lost their positions as National Chairman and National Organiser of the governing party respectively.

Kofi Adams today grabbed the National Democratic Congress' National Organiser position from Incumbent Yaw Boateng Gyan.

Provisional results indicate that Mr Adams recorded an overwhelming victory,  polling 2,457 to beat the incumbent, Yaw Boateng Gyan whose 743 secured votes were insufficient to keep him the position.

Dr. Kwabena Adjei lost the position after managing only 316 votes against the delegates' preferred choice, Kofi Portuphy, currently the National Coordinator for the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) who polled 2,451 votes. Mr. Dan Abodakpi secured 508 votes.

Johnson Asiedu Nketia, a.k.a. General Mosquito retained his seat with 2,685 votes.

Jemima Anita Desooso, Lee Ocran, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Betty Mould-Iddrisu, Anthony Gyampo and Harry Zakour grabbed six available Vice Chairmanship positions.

The Communications Officer, formerly Propaganda Secretary position, was won by Solomon Nkansah who polled 1528 as opposed to Kobby Fiagbe's 1440 votes.

Voting ended approximately 8pm at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, Kumasi in the Ashanti Region where the 8 th  National Delegates' Congress was held. It took officials from the Electoral Commission about five hours to do the sorting and counting of ballots, before eventually announcing the results.

About 3,600 delegates from ten regions across the country took turns to cast their ballots to elect 24 national officers out of the 70 who contested the positions.

Alhaji Huudu Yahaya in a surprise move withdrew from the chairmanship race, minutes before the casting of ballots began, leaving the battle to Incumbent chair, Kwabena Adjei, NADMO boss Kofi Portuphy and Dan Abodakpi.

Below are provisional results from our team on the ground.

General Secretary
Johnson Asiedu Nketia                        2,685
Abdullah Ishaq Farrakhan                       606
National Chairman
Kofi Portuphy                                       2,457

Dan Abodakpi                                      610

Kwabena Adjei                                     316

Vice Chair
Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo                          2490
Jemima Anita Desooso                          1811
LeeOcran                                              1198

Betty Mould-Iddrisu                                2258

Harry Zakour                                         2146

Alhaji Said Sinare                                  1425

National Organiser
Kofi Adams                                          2,543

Yaw Boateng Gyan                                 734

National Treasurer
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullai                      1,725
John Owusu Amankrah                           731
Kamal Noshie                                        520

Awudu Ariff Abubakar                             202

Communications Officer
Solomon Yaw Nkansah                         1528
Godson Kobby Agbeli Fiagbe                  1440
Nii Dodoo Dodoo                                     308

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