General News of Friday, 12 January 2024Source: www.ghanaweb.comIn a surprising turn of events, some youth in the Ketu North Constituency of the Volta Region, believed to be affiliated with the New Patriotic Party (NPP), have defected to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), citinewsroom.com reports. Their decision, announced on January 11, 2024, is attributed to their dissatisfaction with what they perceive as the incompetent leadership of the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia-led government. Several of the youth, some of whom held executive positions within the NPP in the region, expressed their inability to continue supporting a government they view as failing. I was the polling station youth organiser, formerly polling station organiser; I was constituency youth organiser as well.”He further elaborated, “So I’ve served this party [NPP] for about 27 years now. Everybody knows me very well in the Volta Region here, and the leadership of the party in the region also knows me; they know how hard-working I am.

Source: GhanaWeb January 12, 2024 16:54 UTC