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In Ghana, Benjamin Danso unseats outgoing NDC chairman

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In Ghana, Benjamin Danso unseats outgoing NDC chairman

Benjamin Danso defeated outgoing National Democratic Congress (NDC) regional chairman Emmanuel Nii Ashie Moore by more than 500 votes on Saturday 14 November. He will lead the party in Ghana’s Greater Accra Region for four years and wants to strengthen its 34 constituencies ahead of 2028, according to MyJoyOnline.

Benjamin Danso won the regional chairmanship of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Greater Accra on Saturday 14 November, defeating incumbent chairman Emmanuel Nii Ashie Moore by more than 500 votes, reports MyJoyOnline. He will lead the party in the region for the next four years.

The victory ends Ashie Moore’s tenure, which began in November 2022, and he had sought another term. Danso had previously chaired the NDC branch in Krowor and, from June 2023, led the association bringing together the party’s branch chairmen in Greater Accra.

During his campaign, Danso had promised to strengthen the NDC’s structures in the region’s 34 constituencies and prepare the party for the 2028 general election. The vote comes after the Ghanaian NDC’s internal election held in October and the selection of 98 candidates after 23 others were excluded, announced on 12 November.

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