NDC General Secretary not happy with party's performance

Mr. Huudu Yahaya, General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Friday said the party's national executive is worried over the performance of its parliamentary candidates in Thursday's elections. "Though it is too early to make any generalisation, we are very worried about losing the Berekum, Odododiodio, Shama, Ledzokuku, Korle Klottey, Dadekotopon and other major parliamentary seats to the New Patriotic Party (NPP)," he said.

Mr. Yahaya made the statement in a telephone interview with the GNA at 0400 hours on Friday December 8. He said despite the early losses, the NDC is confident of winning the elections as there are more results yet to be declared. "For us the question of losing the elections or having to go for a second round is out," he said. "We are only unhappy with the seats we have lost but sure of forming the next government."

Mr. Yahaya challenged media announcement of provisional results in the Ayawaso East constituency saying that "the figures quoted for NPP are higher than the actual figure the party won in that area." After the declaration of official results from eight constituencies, Professor John Atta Mills, presidential candidate of the NDC had 37.3 per cent of votes cast and Mr John Agyekum Kufuor of the NPP had 56.9 per cent of votes cast.

Others are Goosie Tanoh (National Reform Party), 1.2 per cent, Professor George Hagan, Convention Peoples Party, 1.1 per cent and Dr. Edward Mahama (Peoples National Convention), 2.7 per cent. The rest are Dan Lartey (Great Consolidated Popular Party), 0.6 per cent and Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobby (United Ghana Movement), 0.22 per cent.