Justin Frimpong Kodua unseats the incumbent General
Secretary, John Boadu. JFK, who came from the Asanti region, had taken the seat
from John Boadu. However, Justin Frimpong Kodua, a lawyer, defeated him,
winning nearly all polling places, including all in the Ashanti Region.
According to preliminary results, Justin Kodua has over
500 more votes than John Boadu.
Justin Frimpong Kodua (JFK) is the CEO of the Youth
Employment Agency (YEA). He formally announced his intention to run for the
position of New Patriotic Party (NPP) General Secretary in March of this year,
despite being considered a long shot. Justin Kodua Frimpong was able to unseat
John, and while the victory is sweet, it sends a strong message to all
politicians. All those who made sacrifices for the newly elected general
secretary must not be forgotten. The youth employment agency's chief executive
officer has a new office to fill, and he must make sure he delivers. According
to the rules of the electoral process, votes are counted to determine the
winner, and John Boadu received 2,524 of the total ballots cast, compared to
Justin Kodua's 2,837. The difference between the two was only 333 votes.
Justin Frimpong Kodua, Chief Executive Officer of
the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), has defeated incumbent General Secretary of
the New Patriotic Party to become the governing party's new chief scribe. Mr.
Kodua was elected during the NPP's National Delegates Conference, which was
held at the Accra Sports Stadium.
He received 2,837 votes, while John Boadu received
2,524 votes.
Mr. Boadu was followed by former Tamale Metropolitan
Assembly Mayor Iddrisu Musah, who received 104 votes, Frederick Opare Ansah,
who received 50 votes, and Ramseyer A. Agyeman-Prempeh, who received only 8
votes.
Justin Frimpong Kodua (JFK) is a corporate and
commercial litigation and arbitration specialist with a particular interest in
land disputes and asset management.
Prior to his appointment as YEA CEO, he was the New
Patriotic Party's Ashanti Regional Youth Organizer (NPP).
He graduated from the Kwame Nkrumah University of
Science and Technology with an LLB and the Ghana School of Law with a Barrister
of Law. Justin Frimpong Kodua graduated from the same university with a
Bachelor of Science in Land Economy.
John Boadu is the General Secretary of the governing
NPP and the longest-serving National Officer of the NPP in history. He obtained
a GCE Advanced Level Certificate from the Opoku Ware Secondary School in Kumasi
and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Accounting option) from
the University of Ghana.
He is the only man who has held virtually every
position at the party headquarters, with the exception of Nasara, Women
Organizer, and National Chair positions. He's been National Finance Officer,
National Youth Treasurer, National Youth Organizer, National Communications
Director (Deputy), National Organizer, and now General Secretary.
Prior to his rise to the national level, he served
the party well at the grassroots, from Polling Station Chairman, to
Constituency Secretary, to Regional Research and Elections Officer. However,
the Electoral Commission has not yet made the official, final results public. Before
the competition, John Boadu, who had previously come across as overconfident,
told the press he would win.
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