Politics of Friday, 11 December 2020Source: My News GHHow residents jubilated over Hajia Alima’s defeatplay videoMinister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima MahamaAs the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is still struggling to come to terms with the defeat of the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Hajia Alima Mahama in the just-ended elections, some residents were full of joy over the development. While some die-hard NPP members could not get over the defeat which affected the agenda six seats, others made projections prior to the election day. In the ensuing mixed feelings, constituency executives were apportioning blames over who was responsible and the vice-versa. Hajia Alima who lost to National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for the area Alhaji Baba Issifu Seidu polled 29,123 votes as against 31,524 votes for the latter. In the regional computation, NPP’s Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo came topped with 122,742 votes representing 51.36% ahead of NDC torch bearer John Dramani Mahama who polled 112,306 representing 46.99%.

Source: GhanaWeb December 11, 2020 16:40 UTC