{"id":54208,"date":"2023-09-15T15:07:50","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T15:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?p=54208"},"modified":"2023-09-15T14:15:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T14:15:18","slug":"npp-flag-bearer-race-not-make-or-break-dr-afriyie-akoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/npp-flag-bearer-race-not-make-or-break-dr-afriyie-akoto","title":{"rendered":"NPP flag bearer race not make-or-break \u2013 Dr. Afriyie Akoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) flag bearer candidate, has pledged to support any candidate elected to lead the Party in the 2024 presidential election if he does not get the nomination.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>At a press conference in Accra on Thursday, Dr Akoto said the Party\u2019s November 4 presidential primaries \u201cis not a make-or-break issue for the Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is to elect one of us to bear the flag of our noble Party going forward to the Presidential elections on 7th December 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt offers an opportunity for all of us to unite behind one person to lead us to \u201cbreak the 8\u201d and not to break the Party,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Akoto, a former Minister of Agriculture, and former Member of Parliament for Kwadaso secured 36 votes in the NPP\u2019s Super Delegates Conference on August 26, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>He thanked the delegates for the opportunity offered him to participate in the main presidential primaries and rallied his supporters to work tirelessly to secure victory for him on November 4.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Akoto said his commitment to the welfare and ideals of the NPP had been demonstrated in many aspects through his service to the Party \u2013 an attribute he said endeared him to the Party\u2019s delegates.<\/p>\n<p>He said the presidential race should not \u201cbreak\u201d the NPP but should unify the Party towards \u201cbreaking the 8\u201d in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this respect, let me state here categorically, that I am prepared to work equally hard for whosoever the delegates choose to lead this Party on 4th November 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must \u201cbreak the eight\u201d to retain the NPP in power,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\">Ghana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) flag bearer candidate, has pledged to support any candidate elected to lead the Party in the 2024 presidential election if he does not get the nomination. At a press conference in Accra on Thursday, Dr Akoto said the Party\u2019s November 4 presidential primaries [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":54207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[5092,5096,429],"class_list":["post-54208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-ghana","tag-ghana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NPP flag bearer race not make-or-break \u2013 Dr. Afriyie Akoto - Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) flag bearer candidate, has pledged to support any candidate elec ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/npp-flag-bearer-race-not-make-or-break-dr-afriyie-akoto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NPP flag bearer race not make-or-break \u2013 Dr. Afriyie Akoto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) flag bearer candidate, has pledged to support any candidate elec ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/npp-flag-bearer-race-not-make-or-break-dr-afriyie-akoto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-15T15:07:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/sm_1694774664.753294.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/npp-flag-bearer-race-not-make-or-break-dr-afriyie-akoto#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/npp-flag-bearer-race-not-make-or-break-dr-afriyie-akoto\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NPP flag bearer race not make-or-break \u2013 Dr. Afriyie Akoto\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-15T15:07:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/npp-flag-bearer-race-not-make-or-break-dr-afriyie-akoto\"},\"wordCount\":282,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/npp-flag-bearer-race-not-make-or-break-dr-afriyie-akoto#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/sm_1694774664.753294.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Ghana\",\"ghana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/npp-flag-bearer-race-not-make-or-break-dr-afriyie-akoto#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/npp-flag-bearer-race-not-make-or-break-dr-afriyie-akoto\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/npp-flag-bearer-race-not-make-or-break-dr-afriyie-akoto\",\"name\":\"NPP flag bearer race not make-or-break \u2013 Dr. Afriyie Akoto - 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