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Politics of Tuesday December 8, 2020
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
2020-12-08
Former President John Dramani Mahama
John Dramani Mahama, the NDC’s presidential candidate, claims that Ghanaians have given the opposition Democratic National Congress (NDC) “a working majority” in parliament.
According to him, Ghanaians have voted for change.
In a post on his Facebook timeline, the former president wrote: “Thank you for voting for the change and giving the NDC a working majority in the next Parliament. Thank you Ghana ”.
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) are claiming victory in the general elections.
Both parties claimed that they have secured the most seats in parliament and are also leading the presidential race.
John Boadu, general secretary of the PNP, told the media that they have taken over regions that were formally controlled by the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
He noted that the NPP now controls three of the five northern regions, including the Savannah region, where NDC presidential candidate John Mahama hails.
“The NPP gained 63 seats over what the NDC had in 2016 as such, surprisingly, the NDC is insisting on flipped seats. But they don’t mention the many seats they have lost, “said John Boadu.
The NDC, on the other hand, in a press conference, accused the PNP of misleading the Ghanaians.
Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, the NDC’s director of elections, insisted that the NDC has won the majority of parliamentary seats in the presidential and parliamentary elections, adding that the PNP has not dominated any of the northern regions.
“We won 14 of 15 in the Upper East region, we won 8 of the 11 electoral districts in the Upper West region, we won 9 of the 18 seats in the North region,” said Afriyie Ankrah.
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