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  • At 62 years, I won’t pick forms and quit last minute – Ken Agyapong on 2024 bid

    Asin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, has assured his supporters that he is going the full haul with his flagbearership bid in the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

    The outspoken lawmaker is one of the candidates in the race who is actively engaged in activities geared towards emerging as the NPP candidate for the 2024 presidential polls.

    In an interview on the sidelines of a social event that he attended on September 15, he was asked about the claim that candidates like himself will likely drop out late into the race.

    “If NPP opens nominations, I will pick forms… those who pick forms and quit, does he look like me? At 62 years, how can I declare my flagbearership ambitions in the NPP and quit, I am not quitting,” he said.

    He, however, called for clean campaigns stressing his disinterest in what he described as ‘dirty politics.

    “We are all going to run, just that what I don’t want is dirty politics. I am not going to do dirty politics. I will go to the people and tell them what I have done for the NPP and Ghanaians and for which reason they should vote for me,” he emphasized.

    A confident Agyapong said he was upbeat that he will prevail over all the other candidates and called on delegates to vote for him for his track record in serving the party and the country but also for the fact that he is the overwhelming candidate of the youth.

    Kennedy Agyapong declares intention

    Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, MP, Assin Central, in May this year became the first to publicly announce his bid to lead the NPP

    He said if the governing party wants to break the eight as their mantra for 2024 is, then they must break the eight with Kennedy Agyapong.

    “Yes, it is true. I have decided that when the NPP opens nominations, I will pick a form and file my nomination to contest the party primaries as the flagbearer…I will stand on the ticket of the NPP and nothing will change,” Kennedy Agyapong said in a Facebook live interview with The Announcer Newspaper, Wednesday, May 26.

    Other contenders – rumoured and announced

    There are other contenders in the race to lead the NPP. Two on record to have declared their intentions are former NPP General Secretary, Kwabena Agyapong and former Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko.

    The Agric Minister is also rumoured to be lacing his boots to contest as is Joe Ghartey, one-time Attorney General and Railways Minister.

  • We’ll resist any attempt by the NPP to rig 2024 elections – Otokunor

    Dr Peter Boamah Otokunor, the Deputy General Secretary of the National Democractic Congress (NDC) has said that the party is ready to counter any attempt by the governing party to rig the 2024 elections.

    Speaking on Radio Gold, the Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Dr Peter Boamah Otokunor, has disclosed that, the NDC is going into the 2024 elections with a clear belief that the incumbent party and the state institutions that are mandated to ensure a free and fair election, will not come into the elections with fairness.

    As a result, the NDC, he says is building a strong system to deal with any attempt of possible electoral machinations in the next elections.

    He revealed that the NDC has conducted assessments of its performance in the 2020 election, and is in the process of correcting minor anomalies in order to position the party for victory in 2024.

    “As a matter of fact, the party has organized numerous activities from last year including outreaches, retreats, Data collection among other things. These activities are essential towards grassroots re-organization in building a strong management system for the party.”

    The Deputy General Secretary of the largest opposition party also disclosed that, the party has launched a management information system, to digitize its membership database, for proper and effective membership data management, electoral strategy and projections.

    Peter Boamah Otokunor has a PhD in Agricultural Economics and has dedicated his entire young life to party work. The current digitization of dues collection and membership recruitment is his brain- child. He is currently bidding for the General Secretary of the NDC as a replacement to his current boss, Hon. Johnson Asiedu.

    He holds a Diploma in Youth Development from International Training College of the International Labour Organisation, Turin Italy. Dr. Otokunor also holds Master of Arts degree in Economic Policy Management and Bsc. Degree in Agriculture from the University of Ghana Legon. His skill set and expertise is in Agriculture, Economics, Economic policy research, Rural development, Communications, Strategic planning, Project management, Policy planning and Youth Development.

    He is happily married with four beautiful kids. He hails from Juaben in the Ashanti region, Ngleshie Alata in James Town, and Koforidua New Juaben in the Eastern region. He is the Abusuapanin of the Aduana Ablade family of Juaben, Koforidua, Nsawam Asante Kwaku.

    He was a Deputy Campaign Manager for the NDC 2020 elections, he has served in various political capacities within the NDC including a two term member of the NDC National Elections Directorate, a senior member of the NDC communication team, a two term member of the NDC manifesto committee (2016/2020). He was the secretary to the NDC 2016 manifesto committee. He also served on the Research and Strategy committee of the 2016 campaign.

    In public service, he distinguished himself as the head of research at the Communication Directorate in the office of the President under H.E late Prof. John Atta Mills and subsequently served as a Deputy chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA) of Ghana under H.E John Dramani Mahama. At NYA, he led the advocacy that brought into force the revolutionary National Youth Authority Act 2016, Act 939 which has put the institution on the part of growth and acceleration in fulfilment of its objectives enshrined in the National Youth Policy of 2010.

    He was an astute Student leader and a youth activist who led various revolutionary public manifestations as a student leader including the famous resistance against the in out -out -out student accommodation policy of the University of Ghana.

  • No Ghana card, no voting EC warns prospective voters

    The Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC) in charge of Corporate Services, has warned prospective voters to obtain a Ghana card since that will be a requirement for voting in the 2024 election.

    Speaking in an interview on The Pulse on Wednesday, Dr. Bossman Asare said without a Ghana card, one will not be registered to vote.

    This, he said is because the Ghana card has made an impact in our society with almost 17 million Ghanaians registered for it.

    “Commission in collaboration with our partners took the decision that now let us have the Ghana card as the main requirement.

    “So what this means is that as soon as you acquire your Ghana card with a continuous registration, you just go to our district office where you are located then you go and register and your name will be put on the roll of voters,” he said.

    For this reason, he used the opportunity to encourage citizens between the ages of 15 to 18 to register for their Ghana card “so that as soon as you turn 18 then you present it to the registration officer then instantly you are going to be registered.”

     

    Source: Myjoyonline