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- ↑ "Party Symbols & Colours". Political Parties. Electoral Commission of Ghana . Retrieved 2009-10-02.
- ↑ "New Vision Party". ThingGhana.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-08. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
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