General News of Monday, 22 June 2020Source: Class FMI gave each delegate GH¢550, Titus Glover gave tabletop fridges plus GH¢1,000 – Ashitey ArmahBenjamin Ashitey Armah lost to Titus-Glover in the just ended NPP primariesThe losing aspirant in the governing New Patriotic Party’s Tema East parliamentary race, Mr Benjamin Ashitey Armah, has said while he gave each of the 767 delegates that voted in the internal polls GH¢550, his main contender, the incumbent MP, Mr Daniel Titus-Glover, gave each delegate a tabletop fridge and GH¢1,000. Mr Titus-Glover polled 522 votes to beat Mr Ashitey Armah, who got 233 votes out of a total ballot of 755. Mr Armah told Kwame Appiah-Kubi on CTV’s Dwabre Mu morning show on Monday, 22 June 2020 that: “I use the little resources I have to do my politics”, adding: “I was able to give each delegate GH¢550”. “He [Titus-Glover] gave each delegate a tabletop fridge, GH¢1000 and even went the extra mile to give some delegates in my stronghold an extra GH¢500”, he alleged. Mr Ashitey Armah said although he lost, “I’m still a happy person because it is not easy to come up against a whole party machinery in an election”.

Source: GhanaWeb June 22, 2020 12:33 UTC