{"id":72003,"date":"2024-04-27T16:32:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T16:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/stephen-appiah-to-contest-john-dumelo-and-lydia-alhassan-fiifi-tackie"},"modified":"2024-04-27T16:38:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T16:38:51","slug":"stephen-appiah-to-contest-john-dumelo-and-lydia-alhassan-fiifi-tackie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/stephen-appiah-to-contest-john-dumelo-and-lydia-alhassan-fiifi-tackie","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Appiah to contest John Dumelo and Lydia Alhassan \u2013 Fiifi Tackie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Former Black Stars captain Stephen Appiah is set to enter the political fray by rubbing shoulders with notable personalities in the upcoming general elections.<\/b><\/p>\n

The former Juventus midfielder is believed to be lacing his boots to face the likes of John Dumelo and the incumbent member of Parliament for the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency Lydia Alhassan.<\/p>\n

While Dumelo and Alhassan represents the NDC and NPP respectively, Appiah is expected feature in the elections as an independent candidate.<\/p>\n

This was revealed by the Spokesperson of the Ayew family Fiifi Tackie via X on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cStephen Appiah to contest Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency as an independent Parliamentary candidate,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

Breaking News<\/p>\n

If Stephen Appiah affirms the reported news, he will be following in the footsteps of other renowned figures in Ghana football who have indulged in politics recently.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, all-time top scorer of the Black Stars Asamoah Gyan was appointed as the sub-committee chair of Youth and Sports in the campaign committee of Dr Bawumia, the flagbearer of the ruling New Patriotic Party.<\/p>\n

In acceptance of the appointment, Gyan emphasised the need to share hos ideas garnered through experience in the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always ask myself, how do we create change if we don\u2019t want to change? How do we spectate without being on the bench, and how do we score without being on the field?… All I know and will ever know, all I love and will ever love is SPORTS.\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Another figure in Ghana football who recently announced his intention to engage in partisan politics is Kwesi Nyantakyi, former Ghana Football Association (GFA).<\/p>\n

The former football administrator showed up as one of the candidates to contest in the NPP primaries for the Ejisu constituency following the demise of incumbent John Kumah.<\/p>\n

However, it didn\u2019t pan out well for the former Wa All Stars owner as he lost disappointingly.<\/p>\n

He garnered a paltry 35 votes after close to 1,081 delegates had cast their votes in the parliamentary primary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) held in the Ejisu Constituency on April 13.<\/p>\n

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