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Feb
The New Patriotic Party's (NPP) loss in the 2024 Ghanaian general election has been attributed to an unexpected factor, the election's scheduling on a Saturday. Speaking on Wontumi TV, the Presidential candidate of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG)Â in the 2020 general election, Mr. Kofi Percival Akpalu emphasized that the NPP's strongholds in the Ashanti Region were disproportionately affected by the Saturday election date. "Most of the communities in the Ashanti Region are Saturday worshippers, many of your supporters were unable to cast their ballots on election day due to their religious obligations." Akpalu cited historical precedent to support his…