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Political party in Ghana From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United Ghana Movement is a political party in Ghana. The founder is Charles Wereko-Brobby, formerly a leading member of the New Patriotic Party.
United Ghana Movement | |
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Leader | Charles Wereko-Brobby |
Chairman | Nii Armah Tagoe |
General Secretary | Eric Dutenya Kwabla |
Vice-Chairman | Bashiru Alhassan Daballi |
Treasurer | Lawrence Adotey Addo |
Youth Coordinator | Damasus Tuurosong |
Women’s Coordinator | Linda Awuah |
Campaign Coordinator | Prince Aboagye |
Founder | Charles Wereko-Brobby |
Founded | 1992 |
Registered | 10 January 1997 |
Dissolved | 2007 |
Split from | New Patriotic Party |
Headquarters | Accra |
Colours | Blue, white and green |
Slogan | Grooming People for Ghana’s Development |
Election symbol | |
A clenched fist of the hand with the index and middle fingers raised together | |
The party was officially registered with the Electoral Commission of Ghana as a political party in Ghana on 10 January 1997.[1]
The first general elections the party contested were the presidential and parliamentary elections of December 2000. Charles Wereko-Brobby stood for president on the party's ticket in December 2000 and came seventh with 0.3% of the popular vote.[2] The party also contested the parliamentary elections in the same year but won no seats.
Election | Candidate | Number of votes | Share of votes | Outcome of election |
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2000[3] | Charles Wereko-Brobby | 22,123 | 0.34% | 7th of 7 |
In 2002, the leader of the party, Wereko-Brobby announced that the party is on vacation.[4]
The party symbols are as follows:[1]
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