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The NDC UK and Ireland Chapter held a victory party over the weekend in celebration of the National Democratic Congress' victory at the December 2012 Presidential and Parliamentary elections. The Victory Party held at the Tottenham Green Leisure Centre, North London was well attended by party members, supporters, sympathisers, well wishers and friends of the NDC in the United Kingdom. The Special Guest for the event was His Excellency, Professor Kweku Danso-Boafo, the Ghana High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Also in attendance was the Deputy High Commissioner, Her Excellency, Mrs Elizabeth Nicol. Ms Mary Osabutey, the Chairperson for the occasion in her welcoming address, thanked the people of Ghana for keeping faith in the NDC and for electing His Excellency President John Mahama as the President of the Republic of Ghana. She called upon all to join hands in celebrating the NDC historic victory. There were goodwill messages from the NDC branches from Liverpool, Birmingham, Milton Keynes and Luton. Members of the JDM Fan Club were there in their numbers to grace the occasion. The main speaker for the evening, His Excellency Professor Kweku Danso-Boafo, called on the Chapter and all Party members to bury their differences in order to double their efforts to help the President deliver on his key electoral promises. He said his doors were open to assist any Ghanaian in the UK who would need his assistance. The Victory Party which was billed as a weekend event for the NDC members in the UK became an extravaganza that attracted party sympathisers, sections of the Ghanaian media in the UK, well wishers and many friends of the NDC including a representation from the UK Branch of the People National Congress(PNC).