NPP Presidential Primary: Meet The Physically Challenged Delegate Who Voted At Prampram

NPP Presidential Primary: Meet The Physically Challenged Delegate Who Voted At Prampram

  • Kojo David, a Ghanaian man living with a physical disability, voted in the presidential election of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP)
  • The 41-year-old was among over 1,000 delegates who cast their ballot at Prampram on Saturday, November 4
  • David could be seen crawling across the Prampram Anglican School voting centre to vote in an uplifting video that portrayed inclusion

A physically challenged man, Kojo David, was among over 1,000 delegates who voted at Prampram in the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential primary.

David, a 41-year-old person with a disability (PWD), was captured crawling across the Prampram Anglican School voting centre to cast his vote.

Photos of Kennedy Agyapong, Dr Bawumia, and the physically challenged man.
Meet the physically challenged delegate who voted in the NPP presidential primary. Photo credit: @GHANANEWSAGENCY.
Source: Twitter

He was among the over 200,000 delegates who voted nationwide in the NPP presidential poll on Saturday, November 4, which saw Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia emerge as the flagbearer-elect.

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The video, which shows David making his way to the voting centre to make his vote count, has been viewed many times by netizens. Many reacted.

Watch the video below:

Kennedy Agyapong gracefully accepts defeat after losing NPP presidential race

In a previous story, YEN.com.gh reported that Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, one of the presidential hopefuls of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), gracefully accepted defeat after the declaration of the party's presidential election results.

In a fiercely contested presidential poll, the Assin Central Member of Parliament gave Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia a "showdown."

He polled 37.41 per cent to clinch the second position, bowing to the victory of Dr Bawumia, who garnered 61.47 per cent.

Woman claims delegates are angry with Bawumia over peanuts in TikTok video

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Relatedly, YEN.com.gh reported that a woman who claimed to be a delegate of the ruling NPP expressed displeasure over the unfair distribution of monies to delegates.

In a TikTok video with the handle Obaayaa Racecourse, she restated the complaints of several delegates, who she claims are dissatisfied with the disproportionate amounts distributed to voters.

Obaayaa alleged that Vice-President Dr Bawumia, one of four flagbearer hopefuls in the NPP presidential primary, paid the chairmen millions of cedis but gave the delegates peanuts.

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Source: YEN.com.gh

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Nathaniel Crabbe (Human-Interest editor) Nathaniel Crabbe is a journalist and editor with a degree in Journalism from the Ghana Institute of Journalism, where he graduated in 2015. He earned his master's from UPSA in December 2023. Before becoming an editor/writer of political/entertainment and human interest stories at Asaase Radio, Crabbe was a news reporter at TV3 Ghana. With experience spanning over ten years, he now works at YEN.com.gh as a human interest editor. You can reach him via nathaniel.crabbe@yen.com.gh.