{"id":70889,"date":"2024-04-14T14:07:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T14:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/ejisu-npp-primary-weak-nyantakyi-discharged-for-election"},"modified":"2024-04-14T15:17:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T15:17:18","slug":"ejisu-npp-primary-weak-nyantakyi-discharged-for-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ejisu-npp-primary-weak-nyantakyi-discharged-for-election","title":{"rendered":"Ejisu NPP Primary: \u2018Weak\u2019 Nyantakyi discharged for election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Former GFA president and a candidate of the Ejisu NPP primaries has stormed the voting center after being admitted at Asokore Mampong hospital on Friday night.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A source from his camp has attributed his condition to post-Ramadan stress.<\/p>\n<p>He appeared at the voting center apparently weak and was assisted by a member of his team to walk. Evidence of a cannula injection could be seen at the back of his right hand.<\/p>\n<p>Nyantakyi hospitalised night before Ejisu NPP Parliamentary Primary<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Nyantakyi was hospitalized on Friday after he suffered stomach pain. He was admitted at the Legacy Hospital at Asokore Mampong for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>However, Mr. Nyantakyi was discharged on Saturday morning, the same day of the election and has since visited the voting centre.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear yet whether he has fully recovered to be engaged in the activities for the election day.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 1,081 delegates are expected to vote to decide a candidate who will represent the New Patriotic Party in the upcoming By-election in the Ejisu Constituency.<\/p>\n<p>The party is holding its Parliamentary primary to choose a candidate after the demise of the Member of Parliament for Ejisu, John Ampontuah Kumah.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Kumah died aged 45 after a short illness.<\/p>\n<p>The Electoral Commission (EC) has set Tuesday, April 30, to hold the Ejisu constituency by-election.<\/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. Former GFA president and a candidate of the Ejisu NPP primaries has stormed the voting center after being admitted at Asokore Mampong hospital on Friday night. A source from his camp has attributed his condition to post-Ramadan stress. He appeared at the voting center apparently weak and was assisted by a member [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":70888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[5092,5096,429],"class_list":["post-70889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","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>Ejisu NPP Primary: \u2018Weak\u2019 Nyantakyi discharged for election - Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former GFA president and a candidate of the Ejisu NPP primaries has stormed the voting center after being admitted at ...\" \/>\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\/ejisu-npp-primary-weak-nyantakyi-discharged-for-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ejisu NPP Primary: \u2018Weak\u2019 Nyantakyi discharged for election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former GFA president and a candidate of the Ejisu NPP primaries has stormed the voting center after being admitted at ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ejisu-npp-primary-weak-nyantakyi-discharged-for-election\" \/>\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=\"2024-04-14T14:07:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-14T15:17:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/04\/sm_1713095127.886213.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\/ejisu-npp-primary-weak-nyantakyi-discharged-for-election#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ejisu-npp-primary-weak-nyantakyi-discharged-for-election\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Ejisu NPP Primary: \u2018Weak\u2019 Nyantakyi discharged for election\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-14T14:07:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-14T15:17:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ejisu-npp-primary-weak-nyantakyi-discharged-for-election\"},\"wordCount\":236,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ejisu-npp-primary-weak-nyantakyi-discharged-for-election#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/04\/sm_1713095127.886213.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Ghana\",\"ghana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ejisu-npp-primary-weak-nyantakyi-discharged-for-election#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ejisu-npp-primary-weak-nyantakyi-discharged-for-election\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ejisu-npp-primary-weak-nyantakyi-discharged-for-election\",\"name\":\"Ejisu NPP Primary: \u2018Weak\u2019 Nyantakyi discharged for election - 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