{"id":18085,"date":"2023-05-28T16:32:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T16:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ngc-kambia-district-chairman-joins-apc"},"modified":"2023-05-28T16:53:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T16:53:38","slug":"ngc-kambia-district-chairman-joins-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ngc-kambia-district-chairman-joins-apc","title":{"rendered":"NGC Kambia District Chairman Joins APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>The National Grand Coalition (NGC) Chairman, for the northwest district of Kambia, Mr. Kanu has joined the main opposition All People\u2019s Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"aswift_2_host\"><\/a>Kanu made his intention openly during the APC party\u2019s campaign in the district on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Sierraloaded understands that Kanu\u2019s move is borne out of the decision made by their leader, Dr. Kandeh Yumkella to form an alliance with the ruling Sierra Leone People\u2019s Party (SLPP).Reports online have indicated that Chairman Kanu believes that Yumkella \u201cdisappointed the entire nation and the people of Kambia\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The NGC Chairman is the latest to make a switch away from the party after hundreds of party members in Bombali and Karene joined the APC.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in February some senior executive members also left the party citing that it has lost direction of the mantra upon which it was founded prior to the 2018 elections. They accused Yumkella of being selfish \u2013 putting his interest above the party and nation in general.<\/p>\n<p>Political analysts have forecasted that the alliance between the NGC and SLPP will not be progressive as envisaged by leaders of both parties.<\/p>\n<p>The northwest district is a stronghold for the APC but NGC managed to win four Parliamentary seats in 2018 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Some locals believe that the presence of NGC in the district contributed to the APC losing the 2018 elections to the SLPP.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\">Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. The National Grand Coalition (NGC) Chairman, for the northwest district of Kambia, Mr. Kanu has joined the main opposition All People\u2019s Congress (APC). Kanu made his intention openly during the APC party\u2019s campaign in the district on Friday. Sierraloaded understands that Kanu\u2019s move is borne out of the decision made by their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":18084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10,12],"tags":[291,293,292],"class_list":["post-18085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-sierra-leone","tag-sierra-leone"],"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>NGC Kambia District Chairman Joins APC - Sierra Leone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Grand Coalition (NGC) Chairman, for the northwest district of Kambia, Mr. Kanu has joined the main oppositi ...\" \/>\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\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ngc-kambia-district-chairman-joins-apc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NGC Kambia District Chairman Joins APC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Grand Coalition (NGC) Chairman, for the northwest district of Kambia, Mr. Kanu has joined the main oppositi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ngc-kambia-district-chairman-joins-apc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sierra Leone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-28T16:32:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-28T16:53:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2023\/05\/sm_1685280130.347368.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\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\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ngc-kambia-district-chairman-joins-apc#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ngc-kambia-district-chairman-joins-apc\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NGC Kambia District Chairman Joins APC\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-28T16:32:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-28T16:53:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ngc-kambia-district-chairman-joins-apc\"},\"wordCount\":243,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ngc-kambia-district-chairman-joins-apc#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2023\/05\/sm_1685280130.347368.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Sierra-Leone\",\"Sierra-Leone\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"parties\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ngc-kambia-district-chairman-joins-apc#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ngc-kambia-district-chairman-joins-apc\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ngc-kambia-district-chairman-joins-apc\",\"name\":\"NGC Kambia District Chairman Joins APC - 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