Three flagbearers

The Greater Accra Region has been a fierce battle ground this week for three frontline flag bearers as they undertake important campaign activities across the region ahead of the December election.

President John Mahama of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) have all taken their messages to the constituents in the region.

The crowds that have followed the campaign trail of these flag bearers indicate that the battle to capture one of the swing regions in the country is just beginning.

In the 2000 election, the NPP won 16 parliamentary seat in the Greater Accra Region, while the NDC managed only six seats.
But whereas the NPP maintained the number of its parliamentary seats in the region in 2004, the NDC made significant progress, grabbing 11 seats.

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