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 8th 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
