{"id":2947,"date":"2024-12-15T17:36:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T17:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/?p=2947"},"modified":"2024-12-15T17:36:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T17:36:03","slug":"traditional-rulers-prohibited-to-vote-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/2024\/12\/15\/traditional-rulers-prohibited-to-vote-in-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditional Rulers Prohibited to Vote in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some traditional rulers in Ghana made a declaration about the 2024 elections, which took place on December 7. According to Ghana’s constitution and laws, traditional rulers are prohibited from engaging in any form of political activity. Despite being aware of the repercussions, these traditional rulers disregarded the law and publicly endorsed a candidate, urging people to vote for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The traditional rulers from various regions, including the Chief of Kpassa traditional area, Dr. Ubor Tossan Konja; Acting President of the Akrodie traditional council, Dr. Nana Darko Kuffuor; Chief of the Dwenim Awasu traditional area in Jaman South; and the Queen Mother of Bechem in the Ahafo region, all pledged their support for Dr. Bawumia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the people of Ghana ultimately made their voices heard, voting the National Democratic Congress (NDC) into power instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Traditional Rulers Prohibited to Vote in Ghana <\/p>\n

Some traditional rulers in Ghana made a declaration about the 2024 elections, which took place on December 7. According to Ghana’s constitution and laws, traditional rulers are prohibited from engaging in any form of political activity. Despite being aware of the repercussions, these traditional rulers disregarded the law and publicly endorsed a candidate, urging people to vote for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate.<\/p>\n

The traditional rulers from various regions, including the Chief of Kpassa traditional area, Dr. Ubor Tossan Konja; Acting President of the Akrodie traditional council, Dr. Nana Darko Kuffuor; Chief of the Dwenim Awasu traditional area in Jaman South; and the Queen Mother of Bechem in the Ahafo region, all pledged their support for Dr. Bawumia. <\/p>\n

However, the people of Ghana ultimately made their voices heard, voting the National Democratic Congress (NDC) into power instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2951,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947\/revisions\/2951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}