General News of Monday, 12 September 2016Source: citifmonline.comOver 800 NDC members in Kumbungu join NPPResidents say they are tired of the NDC failing to honor promises made to themThe governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has suffered a major political blow in the Kumbungu Constituency of the Northern Region, where over 800 supporters have defected to the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). They organised a rally at Duli Zugu, where the NPP’s Parliamentary Candidate for the Kumbungu Constituency, Iddrisu Muqtar Dems and other party bigwigs from the Northern Region officially welcomed them into the elephant fraternity. “We have realised that there is no way we can be sustained under the NDC, and that is why we have to quit. Mahama Seidu commended the erstwhile Kufuor-led NPP administration for connecting their communities to pipe borne water. About a thousand of them including sub and youth chiefs, opinion leaders and assembly members, joined the massive demonstration.

Source: GhanaWeb September 12, 2016 18:56 UTC