The governing National Democratic Congress’ third spot on the parliamentary ballot paper represents John 3:16, General Secretary of the party, Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has said.
John 3:16 says: “For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
The NDC’s presidential candidate is President John Mahama. He is seeking a second and last four-year term in the 2016 general elections, thus Mr Asiedu Nketia’s reference to John 3:16 in the Christian Bible.
“You haven’t heard John 3: 16 before, huh? We have already composed songs with John 3:16,” General Mosquito, as Mr Asiedu Nketia is popularly known, told Class91.3FM’s Paa Kwesi Parker-Wilson in an interview on Thursday, 20 October, after the balloting exercise was done at the Electoral Commission.
While the NDC took the third spot, their main contenders, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), took the fifth.
Also, the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) got the first spot while the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) got the second position.
The United Progressive Party (UPP), National Democratic Party (NDP), and the Independent People’s Party (IPP) got the fourth, sixth, and seventh positions respectively.
The balloting for the presidential race has been put on hold due to an injunction placed on the process by some aggrieved political parties whose flag bearers have been disqualified from the race.
The full balloting order is as follows:
1. GCPP
2. PPP
3. NDC
4. UPP
5. NPP
6. NDP
7. IPP
Source: Ghana/AccraFM.com
