All People's Congress (Ghana)

The All People's Congress is a Ghanian political party formed as a breakaway from the People's National Convention (PNC).

All People's Congress
Logo of the All People's Congress
Abbreviation	APC
Leader	Hassan Ayariga
Chairperson	Hassan Ayariga
General Secretary	Kweku Frimpong[1]
Vice Presidential Candidate	Emmanuel Bartels
Founder	Hassan Ayariga
Founded	24 January 2016 (2016-01-24)
Split from	People's National Convention
Headquarters	Kwabenya, Accra
Colours	Green, White, Yellow
Slogan	All Inclusive Governance
Parliament	0 / 275
Election symbol
Broom
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History

It was founded in 2016 by Hassan Ayariga^[2] after leaving the People's National Convention, where he lost out to Edward Mahama as the presidential candidate for the December 2016 general election.^[3][4] The party's focus for the election campaign was employment and economics.^[5]

Disqualification

Two months before the 2016 Ghanaian general election, Charlotte Osei, chairman of the Electoral Commission of Ghana announced that 13 presidential candidates, including Hassan Ayariga, had been disqualified from standing as presidential candidates in the December elections due to problems with the nomination documents they filed with the commission.^[6] These included failure to declare his hometown or constituency of residence on his forms as well as two of the subscribers on his forms having been named on another candidates forms which are in contravention of the electoral laws. The forms were also alleged to contain forged signatures and were to be referred to the Ghana Police Service for investigation.^[1] The subscriber duplication involved someone who had also signed papers for his former party, the APC's nominee. Ayariga expressed his frustration at this development.^[7]

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government
2016	2,527	0.02%	0 / 275		7th	Extra-parliamentary
2020	1,214	0.01%	0 / 275		11th	Extra-parliamentary

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	Number of votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election
2020	Hassan Ayariga	7,138	0.05%	8th of 12[8]
2016	Hassan Ayariga	—	—	Disqualified[9]

See also

• List of political parties in Ghana

References

1. "EC disqualification bogus; we'll sue them – Ayariga". Ghanaweb. GhanaWeb. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
2. "Ayariga forms new party, APC". ghanaweb.com. GhanaWeb. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
3. "EC clears Ayariga's new APC for 2016 polls". ghanaweb.com. GhanaWeb. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
4. "Hassan Ayariga forms All People's Congress?". Graphic Online. Graphic Communications Group Ltd. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
5. "Ghana can be better – Hassan Ayariga". ghanaweb.com. GhanaWeb. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
6. "Full list of disqualified presidential aspirants". ghanaweb.com. GhanaWeb. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
7. "Ayariga describes EC's decision as 'Joke of the Century'". ghanaweb. GhanaWeb. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
8. "EC revises disparities in presidential election results". www.ghanaweb.com. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
9. Frimpong, Enoch Darfah (10 October 2016). "Mahama, Nduom, Ayariga, Boateng, Apaloo, others disqualified by EC". Graphic Online. Accra: Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Retrieved 27 October 2020.