Former Trade and Industry Minister, Alan K Kyerematen, has officially joined the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential race.
This is after some market woman, in support of Mr Kyerematen’s candidacy, picked nomination forms on his behalf at the party’s headquarters on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.
The move by the market women comes after a number of candidates who have declared their interest to contest in the upcoming NPP Presidential Primaries picked their forms.
The NPP’s presidential primaries has been scheduled for November 4, 2023. So far 11 aspirants have declared their intention to contest for the position. Out of the 11, 8 (including Mr Kyerematen) have picked their forms.
They are: Former General Secretary of the NPP, Kwabena Agyepong; a former Energy Minister, Mr Boakye Agyarko; a former Member of Parliament for Mampong, Mr Francis Addai-Nimo; an Economist cum corporate executive, Dr Kofi Konadu Apraku; Former Agric Minister, Dr Afriyie Akoto; Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia; Renowned energy expert Kwadwo Nsafoah Poku and the former Trade and Industry Minister, Alan K. Kyerematen.