The National Reform Party is a
political party
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in
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Tog ...
. It was founded in 1999 by a splinter group from the
National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Elections
The party contested the
2000 presidential and
parliamentary elections
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on the 7 December 2000 but won no seats. Its presidential candidate
Augustus Obuadum Tanoh
Augustus "Goosie" Obuadum Tanoh (born 7 February 1956) is a Ghanaian politician and businessman. He was the leader of the National Reform Party, a breakaway group from the National Democratic Congress between 1999 and 2007 and represented this ...
(''"Goosie" Tanoh'') had 1.1% of the presidential vote. His running mate was Fetus Kosiba.
Electoral performance
Parliamentary elections
Presidential elections
Officials
The chairman and leader of the party is
Peter Kpordugbe, former head of the
National Service Secretariat
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and a former member of the NDC. The general secretary is Kyeretwie Opoku.
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Motto
The party's motto is "Ghana first".
See also
*List of political parties in Ghana
This article lists political parties in Ghana.
Ghana has a multi-party system, However, there are two dominant political parties (the National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party), with extreme difficulty for anyone to achieve elect ...
References
External links
Ghana Home PageGoosie Obuadum Tanoh
1999 establishments in Ghana
Political parties established in 1999
Political parties in Ghana
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