The Ashanti Regional Youth Wing of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has elected Rafael Opoku Danqua as its Regional Youth Organizer, with Gloria Korshior Huze emerging as the Regional Women’s Organizer.
Danqua polled 77 votes to win the Youth Organizer position in a keenly contested election, beating three other candidates.
John Kissa-Morris secured 54 votes, Samuel Gyekye-Mensah obtained 36, while Isaac Hayford received four votes out of the 177 votes cast.
In the Deputy Youth Organizer contest, Razak Koampa-Avoliya emerged with 75 votes, followed by Abdulai Sidique with 30 votes and Sakib Umar Mohammed with 27 votes.
Other candidates included Ayembilla, who secured 18 votes; Rawuf Yussif, 15 votes; Adams Abass, four votes; and Inusah Hamza, who obtained two votes.
In the women’s organizer contest, Gloria Korshior Huze the incumbent won with 68 votes, defeating Phyllis Manu-Manassian, who secured 49 votes, and Esther Dagbale, who obtained six votes.
The contest for Deputy Women’s Organizer saw Patricia Gariba secure 55 votes, followed by Adiza Fuseini with 45 votes and Yaa Boahemaa Agyemang with 27 votes.
Speaking to GHOne News after his election, the newly elected Regional Youth Organizer, Rafael Opoku Danqua, expressed his readiness to energise the party’s youth front and strengthen its grassroots structures.
He said his priority would be to mobilise young people across the Ashanti Region and work towards retaining the NDC in government.
Danqua’s election is expected to usher in a new phase of youth mobilisation and engagement within the party as it works to consolidate its support base in the region.
