Former Minister Aquinas Fails C/R Chairmanship Bid

Former Central Regional Minister, Aquinas Tawiah Quansah, has failed to win the National Democratic Congress' (NDC) Regional executives' elections held on Saturday.

He was only able to get 157 votes placing third to Ebenezer Kwodwo Teye Addo who emerged as the chairman-elect for the NDC in the Central Region with 256 votes.

S.L. Kakra Yalley who was also contested in the race placed second with 256 votes.

The NDC went to the polls on Saturday to elect regional executives to stir the affairs of the party for the next four years.

Interestingly, there was a tie in the Central Regional Secretary position as two of the contenders had the same number of votes.

Gabriel Nii Kommey Adams and Kojo Quansah both had 238 each.

The winner will, however, be determined by the leadership of the party.

In the Volta Region, former Transport Minister and aspiring Chairman of the National Democratic Congress in the Volta Region, Dzifa Attivor , also failed to get the maximum number of votes from the party's “world bank” to defeat incumbent Chairman in the region, Gyapong Kudjo.

She was able to garner 371 votes while Gyapong Kudjo won with 491 votes at the NDC's just ended Regional elections held nationwide on Saturday, September 1, 2018.

In the Ashanti Region, former Ashanti Regional Minister Joseph Yamin, who also attempted the chairmanship for the party in the region lost by 88 votes to his closest contender Augustus Andrew Nana Kwasi.

In the Greater Accra Region, however, Ade Coker was given the red light by the delegates to continue his chairmanship of the NDC in the region.

He won with 319 votes while his closest contenders Daniel Amartey Mensah, former MCE for LEKMA and Emmanuel Ashie Moore, former Adentan MP, had 293 and 283 votes respectively.

Yahya Kundow, who was also in the race polled 107 votes.

Below are the results from the Central Region:

CHAIRMAN

1. L. KAKRA YALLEY ……………256
2. EBENEZER KWODWO TEYE ADDO……….299
3. AQUINAS TAWIAH QUANSAH……157

VICE CHAIRMAN
LAWRENCE LAMPTEY……80
ABEIKU AGGREY………..51
ALFRED HALM………..20
STEPHEN MOORE………….143
THEOPHILUS AIDOO MENSAH……….366

DANIEL OHENE DARKO…………45

SECRETARY
GABRIEL NII KOMMEY ADAMS………238

ELVIS CHRISTIAN AMOASAH……….5
HENRY KWEKU HAYFRON………..191
GEORGE EBO CRENTSIL……….41
KOJO QUANSAH,…………238
DEPUTY SECRETARY
ERIC OFFEI,…………..342
MATHEW KWOFIE…………364

DEPUTY ORGANIZER
SIMON DUODU……..20
ATTA MENSAH…..128
PETER KOJO ESSEL……….125
PAUL POWELL ABOAGYE………..121
ARCHIMEDES AVORNU………..56
NANA YAW PYNE………….78
KOFI ADZRA……………45

NANA OSIEBI QUANSAH………..129
TREASURER
ERIC ESSUAH…….476
DERRICK MBIR………..79
VERONICA ESSUMAN NELSON………..89

JUSTICE KOFI BOISON……….69

DEPUTY TREASURER
CHARLOTTE TOBIA DANKWAH….98
VICTORIA POBEE WOODE……..245
BENJAMIN EWUSI AFFUL……….21
KWAME SAM……………24

SAMUEL OHENEBA-QUAISON………47
PETER YAW AFFUM………..185
ZAKARIA SALIFU………..78
THEODORE YANKAH……………14

WOMEN ORGANIZER
SISTIANA EKUWA SWANZY………10
FAUSTINA NAA LAMLEY LAMPTEY……..42