Newly-elected National Youth Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Opare Addo has dismissed claims that he induced delegates to vote for him.
George Opare Addo was elected as his party’s youth organiser at a conference held at the Pentecost Convention Centre at Gomoa Feteh in the Central Region.
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He won with 523 votes.
There were reports that delegates were induced with goodies such as cash, gas cookers, shoes, mobile phones among others.
Some delegates and their constituencies, according to reports, received as much as 500 dollars to vote for a particular candidate while another candidate shared tricycles to the youth delegates to influence them to vote his way.
But reacting to the reports, Mr Opare Addo refuted the allegations.
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“I didn’t involve myself in vote buying. I never gave out anything to the delegates. Let me truthful to you that the only thing I gave to delegates was branded food and water with my name and photo on them. A company in Accra sponsored that and I wouldn’t’ want to mention the name of the company” he said on Accra based Okay FM monitored by Adomonline.com.
“If some people used my name to campaign and give out goodies, then I know nothing about it. I never gave any of these,” he explained.
He said he was focused on ensuring that the NDC wrestles power from the NPP.
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“All we need at the moment is unity ahead of the 2020 elections and so, I am working to ensure that unity”.
The former MCE of Akuapem North said the elections are over so it is important that members of the party bury their differences for the sake of the party.
