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Mr Kofi Obeng Mensah, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) aspiring parliamentary candidate for Abuakwa North, has secured insurance cover for 360 delegates in the Constituency from SAHAM Insurance Ghana Limited to cater for their welfare.

The insurance package costs GHC5,400 per month with a premium of Gh15.00 per person, to run for four years.

Out of the 417 delegates in the Constituency, the 360 took advantage to enroll. The beneficiaries include constituency and polling station executives.

Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview, Mr Obeng-Mensah said the gesture formed part of his plans to mobilise the grassroots to sustain power for the NPP in the 2020 election.

He said elections were won at the polling stations, therefore, the polling station executives must be empowered to deliver on their mandate.

“Those at the polling station level have been underserved hence the need to turn more attention to their problems and give them the needed support for the constituency to improve,” he said.

Mr Obeng-Mensah said the polling station executives sometimes found it difficult to mobilise funds to foot their hospital bills and support marriage and funeral ceremonies among other things, hence the need to enroll on the life insurance package.

He said having interacted with the polling station executives for over two years and also understudied their plight, he and his team had come up with a policy dubbed; ”Grassroots First, Community Assured”.

He indicated three thematic policies to champion the grassroots mobilisation, which are grassroots welfare scheme, job search and job creation, and logistics and logistical improvement.

Mr Obeng-Mensah is a Pharmacist and contesting three other candidates including the incumbent MP, Ms Gifty Twum-Ampofo, Mr Kay Amoah Jnr, and Ms Serwah Acheampong, daughter of the late General Kutu Acheampong, former Head of State.

Source: GNA

Two parliamentary aspirants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Western North Region will go unopposed during the primaries on April 25, 2020.

They are the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Akontombra, Mr Alex Tetteh and the Minister of State in charge of State Interest and Governance Authority (SIGA) at the Presidency, Dr Kwaku Afriyie, who will be vying for the Sefwi Wiawso seat.

The incumbent MP for Bibiani Anwiaso Bekwai, Mr Kingsley Aboagye Gyedu, who is also the Minister for Western North, would vie with a former Chief Executive Officer of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) Mr Alfred Obeng Boateng and Mr Christopher Addae, for the seat.

A statement signed by the Chairman of the Vetting Committee for Western North, Mr F. F. Antoh said there were seven parliamentary aspirants for the Western North Region comprising one female and six males.

It said two persons, Ms Golly Antwi Boasiako and Mr Martin Kofi Bonye, were disqualified.

Central Region

In a related development, Gilbert Mawuli Agbey reports from Agona Swedru that seven aspirants were disqualified by the vetting committee in the Central Region.

Those disqualified were Mr Evans Addison Coleman, Agona West; Mr Richard Panford, Gomoa East; Mr Eric Baidoo, Assin Central; Mr Joseph Kofi Damtse, Assin South; Dr Edward Nana
Ketu Cudjoe, Gomoa Central as well as Mr Bernard Ayeh Dankwa and Mr Patrick Kwadu-Amponsem, Awutu Senya East.

A release signed by the Regional Secretary of the party, Mr Richard Takyi-Mensah spelt out that the National Parliamentary Vetting Committee had recommended the names of 42 aspirants to the National Executive Committee for consideration.

Source: Graphic.com.gh 

Mr. John Peter Amewu, Minister for Energy and New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Hohoe Constituency has hinted of his plans to roll out a “one teacher, one laptop” project in the Constituency soon.

The initiative is to help teachers get themselves abreast of technology in the delivery of quality teaching and learning to enhance academic performance in the constituency.

Mr. Amewu said this when he presented a 2020 Presidential Diary, a Microsoft laptop and an undisclosed amount of money to Master Hotor Prosper, a student of Bishop Herman College and past student of the St. Francis Demonstration Junior High School (JHS) in Hohoe for being a recipient of the 2019 Presidential Award.

He said the presentation was to encourage other students to emulate the efforts of Master Hotor and excel in their examinations and congratulated efforts of teachers adding that “we are doing all this with the aim of projecting the Hohoe Municipality in the country for people to come and see what we are doing here.”

Mr. Amewu said he organised free vacation classes for candidates who sat for the 2019 BECE in the Municipality to enable them to cover some topics they were not able to, during school hours and was happy to note that beneficiaries passed very well.

The Energy Minister told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that there were about 1900 teachers in the constituency, which the project was expected to cover and added that “we are trying to do the first 500 teachers by the end of April this year”.

He said the project would enable the teachers to build their capacity to become well equipped to transfer the knowledge to school children in the Constituency.

The performance of schools in the Hohoe Municipality in the 2019 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) has witnessed tremendous improvement with 16 out of 77 schools recording a 100 per cent pass while no school recorded a zero per cent in all subjects.

Source: GNA

A total of 26 Aspirants have successfully filed their nomination forms to contest in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) upcoming parliamentary primaries in the Western Region.

Out of the number, only six female, while three aspirants went unopposed awaiting acclamation.

Four other persons also picked nomination forms, but could not file at the close of nomination on 20th February, 2020.

The list of parliamentary aspirants who filed to contest in the primaries slated for 25th April, 2020 are; Mr Andrew Egyapa Mercer and Elvis Blankson who filed for the Sekondi constituency, while Mr Kwabena Otchere Darko-Mensah, Mrs Jane Edna Nyame, Mr Bernard Oduro Mensah and Mr Fredrick Kakraba Sam are going for the Takoradi constituency with Mr Joseph Cudjoe and Mrs Adjoa Kwegyirba Aggrey filing for the Effia constituency.

Others are; Mr Ato Panford, Samuel Erickson Abekah going for Shama constituency, while Mr Alex Agyekum and John Aboah Sannie are going for the Mpohor constituency, with Mr Ebenezer Kojo Kum and Mr Kwesi Biney going for Ahanta West constituency.

Mr George Mireku Duker and Mrs Joy Joycelyn Andoh are vying for the Tarkwa-Nsuaem constituency, while Mr Paul Essien, Mrs Christie Komba Baze and Paul Hopeson Kwaw are in for the Jomoro constituency.

The rest are; Mr Joseph Mensah and Mr Prince Hamidu Armah contesting the Kwesimintsim constituency, while Mr Patrick Bogyako Saime and Edward Amo Acquah are vying for the Amenfi East constituency with Mrs Catherine Abelema Afeku eyeing the Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira constituency, Mrs Barbara Oteng Gyasi for Prestea-Huni-Valley constituency with Mr Joseph Ghartey filing for Essikadu constituency.

Source: GNA

By close of nominations on Thursday February 20, 2020, a total of 49 aspirants filed their nominations forms seeking to contest the December parliamentary polls on the ticket of the governing NPP in the Central Region.

The 49 would be shrugging it out in the 19 available slots in constituencies where the New Patriotic Party has sitting Members of Parliament

The parliamentary primaries are expected to come off on April 25, 2020 across the country. But the aspirants first have to successfully sail through vetting scheduled from February 28 to March 8, 2020.

Though the party intends to organize the exercise at the constituency level, a vibrant youth group aligned with the NPP, Students Network for Nana Akufo-Addo (STUNNAD) has urged the leadership of the New Patriotic Party to consider decentralizing the upcoming parliamentary primaries.

Meanwhile, a survey conducted by a group calling itself Grassroots Media Caucus has predicted that over 98% of the sitting MPs would win the primaries in the Central region.

Notable amongst them are Mrs. Cynthia Mamle Morrison for Agona West, Kodwo Kom Abban for Gomoa West, Abraham Dwuma Odoom for Twifo Atti-Morkwa and John Ntim Fordjour for Assin South.

Meanwhile, Francis Kingsley Ato Cudjoe and Alexander Afenyo Markin are going unopposed for Ekumfi and Effutu respectively.

Below is the prediction of the group with names of potential winners in bold.

ASSIN NORTH

1.Hon. Abena Durowaa Mensah

2. Mr. Eric Amankwa Blay

3. Mr. Emmanuel Antwi Bosiako

TWIFO ATTI-MORKWA

1. Prof. Francis Owusu- Mensah

2. Hon. Abraham Dwuma Odoom

3. Mr Ebenezer Obeng Dwamena

HEMANG LOWER DENKYIRA

1. Hon. Bright Wireko-Brobby 2. Nana Kwame Yamoah Hagan

GOMOA EAST

1. Hon Kojo Asemanyi

2. Mr. Richard Panford

EFFUTU Hon.Alexander Afenyo Markin

MFANTSEMAN 50/50

1.James Korsah Brown 2.Hon. Ekow Kwansa Hayford

AGONA WEST

1. Mr. Evans Addison Coleman 2

Hon.Cynthia Mamle Morrison 3. Hon. Samuel Kweku Obodai 4. Mr. Yawson Otoo

EKUMFI Hon. Francis Kingsley Ato Cudjoe

ASIKUMA ODOBEN BRAKWA 50/50 btn Effah & Domson

1. Hon. Anthony Effah 2. Samuel Ofori Ampomah 3. Francis Ampong-Ansah Banasco 4. Ernest Kojo Smith 5. Bright Essilfie Kumi 6. Hon. Adjei Domson

ASSIN SOUTH

1. Hon. John Ntim Fordjour 2. Joseph Kofi Damtse

AWUTU SENYA WEST 50/50

1. Hon. Nenyi George Andah 2. Mr. Joseph Aidoo

ASSIN CENTRAL

1. Hon Ken Ohene Agyapong 2. Eric Baidoo

CAPE COAST NORTH

50/50 btn Asher & Ampah 1. Hon. Barbara Asher Ayisi 2. Mr Lawrence Ampah 3. Mr Joseph Thomas Baidoo 4. Mr Philip Longdon

ABURA ASEBU KWAMANKESE 50/50

1. Hon. Elvis Morris Donkoh 2. Mr Eric Kobina Nyanteh

GOMOA WEST

1. Hon. Alexander Kodwo Kom Abban 2. Mr Abass Kodwo Acquah

UPPER DENKYIRA EAST 50/50 btn Nana Amoako & Kwofie

1.Hon Nana Amoako 2. Richmond Nii Duodu 3.Dr Festus Awuah Kwofie 4.Charles Afari Mensah

AWUTU SENYA EAST

1.Hon Mavis Hawa Koomson 2. Bernard Ayeh Dankwah 3. Patrick Kwadu-Amponsem

1.Hon. Benjamin Kofi Ayeh 2. Hon. Samuel Nsowah Djan

GOMOA CENTRAL

1.Hon. Naana Eyiah 2.Dr Nana Ketu Cudjoe

Source: 3news.com

Nathaniel Ayettey a management and finance professional has filed his forms to contest as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ledzokuku Constituency on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Greater Accra Region.

Submitting his forms recently at the constituency office, he said, “We have a constituency to heal because it is so disjointed that somebody must step up and heal the constituency,” he said.

According to him, it was sad that delegates and people at the grassroots were neglected after candidates were voted into Parliament.

He said he was inspired by the call of people in the party to contest the sitting MP, so he could come and assist them fulfill their expectations.

Mr Ayettey added that working hand in hand with delegates was what made him unique among other candidates and was of the view that he would not leave anyone behind.

Asked about his policies, he said he was going to be fair and open to everybody and also treat people equally when given the nod.

Mr Ayettey is a multi-skilled energetic and vibrant management professional with solid leadership skills in management and finance who will deliver projects with excellence using creativity, enthusiasm and years of solid experience in business analysis and project management.

He is an expert in business and process analysis with strong communication, problem-solving, analytical and negotiation skills with experience covering multiple industries and countries across West Africa.

He is the current serving patron for the current NPP executive committee for the Ledzokuku Constituency since 2006.

He was one of the huge contributors of funds and resources to the current MP for his campaign during the primaries and the main elections in 2016.

He has worked hand in hand with constituency executives on financial and matters of interest concerning members of the party and the constituency.

He served as an advisor to the Regional Youth Campaign team for the 2016 elections.

He is member of the Staunch Queens, Bold Patriots Accra Chapter and a patron of Teshie Youth for Change.

He was the Vice President of the Student Representative Council (SRC) for the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) from 2005-2006.

Source: dailyguidenetwork.com

A contender in the Tema Central NPP primary, Mr Charles Forson, has stated that when given the nod by the delegates in the upcoming parliamentary primaries scheduled to take place in April, this year, he would change the fortunes of the party in the constituency.

Mr Forson, who has over twenty three years working experience and expertise in pharmaceuticals, properties, strategies and policies, noted that the party needed a vibrant person to lead them in Parliament to drum home their needs and aspirations.

He disclosed that beyond the legislature, his quest to represent the good people of Tema Central in Parliament was to achieve his seven-pillar agenda which is putting up libraries with integrated ICT and recreational centres.

He further stated that he also has plans to construct 33 basketball courts and table tennis platforms, a general welfare scheme, youth in entrepreneur projects, matured medical healthcare for the elderly and re-beautification of the area through tree planting, just to mention a few.
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On his educational background, he said he has an MBA, a professional marketer, a certified business administrator, and a certified generative leadership by the University of Oxford Department of Continuous Education.

As a father and husband, he has a drive for people development.
He’s been an active member of the NPP since 1994 and a conformist to its ideology.

He noted that the hope of a people to transform and develop was the rich brain and human capital of its leaders in progressive repositioning.

The Tema Central constituency of the NPP would be one of the keenly contested seats as there were four candidates with three contenders namely; Mr Charles Forson, Mr Yves Nii Noi Hanson Nortey and Mr Ramseyer Agyemang Prempeh all trying to unseat the incumbent MP, Mr Kofi Brako.

Administrator at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Mr. Archibald Ntiri Acquah Gyasi has said,50% of his monthly salary for the four years in Parliament will go to the Old Tafo Pankrono Constituency when voted into power.

He told Kingdom FM after filing his nomination forms at the Tafo NPP party office on Thursday morning.

The nomination forms were received by the constituency secretary, Alhaji Muhammad Baba Iddrisu and Mr Albert Kingsley Atta Yeboah, Election Committee chairman, Mr Mosses Kwame Donkor, constituency chairman.

He said, two accounts will be opened for the constituency, thus Pankrono Enclaves Support Account and Tafo Enclaves Support Account which 25% of his monthly salary will go into this account to support the constituency.

He said the fund will help the party to support the Youths who want to engage in business and also serve as a scholarship to students in the area.

He also announced that he will set up a finance team known as Old Tafo-Pankrono Finance Team made up of Scientists, Accountants, Grand Research expects to seek funding outside to develop the constituency.

He noted that the Youth in the area very hard working people and all they need is Support as well as a member of Parliament who will be devoted to them.

He, therefore, called on delegates within the Tafo Pankrono Constituency to consider his candidature during the primaries to bring development to Tafo and its environs.

Source: Kingdomfmonline.com

New Patriotic Party parliamentary aspirant in the Madina constituency, of the Greater Accra region, Mr. Michael Kofi Afrifa Mackenzie has withdrawn from the race.

The immediate past chairman for the NPP in the Madina constituency will now enter a coalition with Hon. Sadique Abubakar.

In a statement signed by Mr. Michael Kofi Afrifa Mackenzie dated February 20, 2020, “this is to formally announce my withdrawal as a candidate from the new patriotic party’s Parliamentary primaries to contest the incumbent member of parliament for the Madina constituency, Hon. Sadique Abubakar due to personal reasons”.

The reasons as to why the step down from the race was not cited in his statement.

“I duly apologize to my faithful supporters for any disappointment caused and also to thank them from their unending support”. Mr Mackenzie noted in the statement.

The former Madina constituency chairman described the incumbent MP, Mr. Abubakar Sadique as an astute politician who “I believe deserves the mandate to represent our noble party once again”.

In the statement, Mr. Mackenzie entreated his supporters to throw their weight behind the honorable MP so that ” we can maintain the Madina constituency Parliamentary seat.

The decision to step down has now rendered the incumbent MP to run the race unopposed

Mr. Michael Kofi Afrifa Mackenzie is the immediate past NPP chairman for the Madina constituency who was a very instrumental player in Hon. Abubakar Sadique’s campaign team that kicked out the NDC MP, Hon. Ahmed Sorogo.

Mr. Micheal Mackenzie was the Madina constituency chairman for the NPP from 2014 until 2018 where he lost his second term bid.

Source: Kwesi Owusu-Ansah

Tangoba Abayage, Upper East Regional Minister and aspiring parliamentary candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the Navrongo Central Constituency has reaffirmed a pledge to execute her campaign in a decorous manner and vowed to oust any member of her campaign team who goes contrary to the pledge.

Ms Tangoba Abayage on Thursday successfully filed her nomination forms at the New Patriotic Party constituency office in Navrongo in the company of hundreds of jubilant supporters and well-wishers.

“Today, I stand here to make a solemn pledge that not I nor any of my team members would use and foul language against anybody. I have told them if a single person should do that in my team, on that very day the person is out” she said in an address to a jubilant crowd shortly after filing her nomination forms.

She also stated that “We have a message and we are sticking to that message. It is that message that will send us to parliament on the 7th of December”.

According to her, the New Patriotic Party in the Navrongo Central constituency needs a united and strengthened front to enable the party retain the seat in the 2020 elections, this she noted can only be obtained if she is elected the parliamentary candidate of the party in the constituency.

Ms Tangoba Abayage is staging a contest against incumbent Member of Parliament Joseph Kofi Adda who is seeking re-election.

The contest has been described by political watchers as the most lit contest in the camp of the New Patriotic Party in the Upper East region especially because both aspirants are Ministers of State with some very interesting demographics and dynamics to play out in the upcoming internal elections.

Source: mynewsgh.com

The Savannah Regional Minister who doubles as the Member of Parliament for Salaga South Constituency , Salifu Adam Braimah, has filed his nomination to contest the seat for the second time.

However, the Savannah Regional Minister is going unopposed as one Zakaria Ayawu who picked his nomination forms to contest the current MP decided to step down few days to the deadline for filing of nomination.

Thousands of New Patriotic Party(NPP) supporters and constituency executives accompanied the member of parliament to file his nomination at the party office in Salaga.

The NPP Salaga South constituency Secretary ,Abdulai Habib who received the nomination forms of the MP urged party supporters to stay united to enable the party retain the Salaga South constituency seat for the NPP come 2020 general election.

The Member of Parliament for Salaga South Constituency , Salifu Adam Braimah, addressing journalists was hopeful that the massive developmental projects in the constituency will guarantee the NPP another chance to continue the good works they have started in the area.

Mr. Braimah , called on Salaga south constituency party executives and supporters to support him during and after the general election to development the constituency for the betterment of the constituents and Ghana as a whole.

The opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) have produced four members of parliaments and two from the NPP in the Salaga south constituency respectively.

The NPP will on April 25,2020 hold primaries to elect its parliamentary candidates to present the party in the 2020 general elections.

Source: dailyguidenetwork.com

Some youth belonging to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Asante-Akim Central Municipality, on Monday massed up in front of the Constituency Office of the Party to protest the alleged refusal by constituency executives to make nomination forms available for aspiring parliamentary candidates.

Clad in red and chanting war songs, the placard-wielding group calling itself “Concerned NPP Youth” vandalized the metal door of the office and set ablaze posters of the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP), Mr. Kwame Anyimadu Antwi.

They are accusing the constituency executives of scheming to allow Mr. Anyimadu to go unopposed by frustrating two other aspirants from accessing the nomination forms.

This is the latest protestation over alleged denial of access to nomination forms to interested aspirants of the NPP in the Ashanti Region, they said.

The last couple of weeks has witnessed such disturbances in the Bekwai and Mampong Constituencies of the NPP.

The angry protesters feared the situation if left unchecked, could lead to voter apathy among Party members in the Constituency and thus affect the fortunes of the NPP in the upcoming general elections.

According to the Asante Akim Central protesters, the executives had deliberately created an artificial shortage of the forms, yet they could not mention even one aspirant who had picked a form apart from the incumbent.

They, therefore, vowed to resist any attempt to protect the incumbent whom they accused of doing little to improve the lives of the people after serving two terms.

Two aspirants who have expressed interest in contesting in the forthcoming primaries are Mr. Ofosu Nkansah, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Accra Digital Centre and one Nana Agyemang, a banker by profession.

Sources from the Party in the Constituency say all efforts by the two to pick the forms at the Constituency, regional and national levels have proved futile and accused the executives of employing flimsy excuses to deny them the forms.

Mr. Nicholas Adu Berko, leader of the group, said they embarked on the action to bring the issue to the attention of the hierarchy of the Party after all efforts to compel the executives to do the right thing did not yield any results.

He said the NPP was a democratic Party that adhered to democratic principles, hence the action of the executives was a clear violation of the Party’s constitution.

He, therefore, appealed to the Regional and National leadership to intervene as a matter of urgency, to ensure sanity in the Constituency.

Failure to do so, he noted, would compel them to support any independent candidate who emerges from the Party.

Source: GNA

Delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bunkpurugu constituency of the North East region have unanimously declared support for the incumbent Member of Parliament, Solomon Namlit Boar, to run for the third time on the party’s ticket.

Mr Boar, who doubles as the Regional Minister, officially filed and submitted his nomination papers on Saturday at the constituency capital, amidst massive crowd of party supporters from distant villages.

After receiving and certifying the forms, the executives led the candidate to a rally ground held at the market square, where they mounted the platform, endorsed Mr Boar endorsement and urged other party supporters to campaign and vote for the incumbent MP.

Speaking on the behalf of polling station executives, the electoral area coordinator for Binde, Chempong Iddrisu said, the decision to declare love, commitment, and support for the Regional Minister is based on observation and evaluation of the perspectives and agendas of the various candidates in the upcoming elections.

According to him, the MP has been tried, tested and proven to be the best bet for the constituency and it is for this reason that they are declaring and endorsing “him as their parliamentary candidate for election 2020”.

He described Mr Boar as someone who has acquired a great deal of experience of dealing with local politics and also earned respect from the public as well as lawmakers and Government officials at large.

“Honesty, pragmatism and selfless dedication to duty and humility, and hopeful insights into our constituency’s problems and needs coupled with your willingness to examine the issues and listen closely to the general public concerns of Solomon Boar, sets him far apart from other candidates’ expected techniques and talk,” Mr Chempong stated.

The constituency secretary who represented the executives, Paul Louknaan also said Mr Boar has worked effectively in parliamentary affairs for the past seven years and brings excellent credentials to the position.

In response, the MP thanked the delegates and said it was another opportunity for members of the party to rally behind him to maintain the seat for the NPP.

He promised more jobs for the youth and urged residents of the newly created region to trust President Akuffo Addo and his administration to bring rapid development to the area.

“I can assure every tom, dick and harry, that Nana means well for this country,” he said.

Reacting to the open endorsement, other aspirants indicated that the actions of the constituency executives go contrary to the party’s regulations that bar election committee members from declaring support for or promoting candidates and have called on the party’s regional executives to act.

An aspirant, Dr Francis Tingoti told JoyNews he expects the party executives at the regional level to bring down sanctions on the constituency chairman and his team.

Mr. Tingoti, who is a Finance officer at the Bagabaga College of Education in Tamale, described Saturday’s episode as “populism” and mind games” which will attract no attention from him.

Source: myjoyonline 

The Member of Parliament for Atiwa East Constituency in the Eastern region, Abena Osei-Asare, would be submitting her nominations form on Tuesday 18th February 2020 at the party’s constituency office.

She has humbly served as the Member of Parliament since January 7th,2013 to date and currently is the Deputy Minister of Finance for the Republic of Ghana.

Obatanpa, as she is affectionately referred to among constituents, has been serving on the Employment, Social Welfare and State Enterprises committee from January 2013 till date, served on Public Account Committee from January 2013 till January 2017 and currently serves as Board Member of the Parliamentary Service Board as well as Finance Committee from January 2017 until date.

Available information from the Constituency indicates that delegates, various youth, and party groups, constituents, et al are set to escort the accessible, kind-hearted and development-oriented legislator, Abena Osei-Asare to file her nominations form to show how special she is to them and affirm their commitment to fully endorse and support her re-election.

The ruling New Patriotic Party opened Nominations from 20th January 2020 to 20th February 2020 for prospective aspirants who want to be Parliamentary candidates on the tickets of the ruling party. The Parliamentary Primaries is slated for Saturday 25th April 2020.

Source: Thepressradio.com

The Member of Parliament for Bantama constituency in the Ashanti region, Daniel Okyem Aboagye, has said he begged the Deputy Chief of Staff, Francis Asenso-Boakye three times not to contest him in the upcoming parliamentary primaries of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) but Mr Boakye has refused.

According to Mr Aboagye, he begged through the Chief of Staff and the Bantamahene having personally approached and pleased with Mr Asenso-Boakye to rescind his decision to contest and allow him to go unopposed.

He noted that despite all the pleas, Mr Asenso-Boakye has picked and submitted nomination forms to contest him in the primaries.

Speaking to the media when he filed his nomination at the constituency office on Friday, 14 February 2020, he said it is unnecessary for the Deputy Chief of Staff to contest him despite his hard work.

Mr Asenso-Boakye, he said was given the Deputy Chief of Staff post after he (Okyem Aboagye) helped President Akufo-Addo with massive campaign and financial support to win the 2016 general elections.

Mr Asenso-Boakye, he said having been given the post has decided to contest and unseat him instead of concentrating on that position.

Mr Okyem Aboakye pleaded with the delegate to shun Asenso-Boakye and vote massively for him to continue the developmental work he has started.

Source: classfmonline.com

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, Dr Prince Hamid Armah, has successfully filed his nomination to contest the Kwesimintsim Constituency primary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) .

He filed barely 24 hours after picking forms at the Kwesimintsim Constituency office on Thursday.

Dr. Armah was in the company of some past and present party executives, council of elders, polling station executives, party supporters as well as some friends and well-wishers when he submitted the forms.

In the presence of the constituency Chairman and other constituency executives, Dr Armah promised to run a clean campaign devoid of personal attacks and insults.

He also assured the executives of his readiness to avail himself to the constituency executive committee for a meeting with the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) to fashion out modalities on how to make the party more resolute and united after the primaries.

It is still not clear how many people will be contesting the primary for the Kwesimintsim Constituency which has been a safe seat for the governing NPP.

The winner of the primaries is expected to retain the seat for the Party.

Pundits have predicted a two horse-race between the incumbent Joseph Mensah and the NaCCA boss ahead of the primaries scheduled to be held on April 25 with the latter deemed to be slightly on top according to survey conducted by the Crusading Guide newspaper.

The aspirants are expected to be vetted from February 28, 2020, to March 8, 2020.

Ahead of the vetting, Dr Armah has expressed hope of beating the incumbent Member of Parliament and retaining the seat for the NPP.

“Voters in the constituency, particularly members of the NPP which holds the seat, appear to have lost faith in the current leadership and there have been several calls for new leadership,” he said shortly after filing his nomination, adding, “I bring to this race a ray of hope and the opportunity to influence the lives of the people of Kwesimintsim.”

As a native of the constituency and a party member for many years, Dr Armah said he understood the plight and concerns of the people so well and will spare no effort at resolving the challenges.

In a rally-like atmosphere amidst drumming and dancing after submitting the forms, Dr Prince Armah assured the delegates and the constituency as a whole of his determination to do more in uplifting the standards of education, improve economic livelihoods and give back to the community what Kwesimintsim has given growing up.

Source: classfmonline.com

Over 500 NPP delegates at Oforikrom constituency in Kumasi marched to pick nomination form for the sitting MP, Dr Emmanuel Marfo. Leading the delegates, Mr Isaiah Boamah, a polling station chairman at Kotei electoral area said the gesture is to fully endorse Dr Marfo to run for a second term in line with the spirit of 4 more for Nana, 4 more for Marfo.

He said majority of the delegates believe that as a two term constituency chairman of the party in opposition, it will be unfair and will not encourage sacrificial service to the party if they sit down for him to go for only one term as an MP.

They appreciate his humility, commitment to duty and his care for the party and that is why majority of delegates have opted to join the march to send a signal that they stand with Dr Marfo for victory 2020.

The constituency chairman, Mr Kwame Antwi appealed for unity and urged the Party to give the incumbent MP a ministerial position after delivering another massive votes for Nana Addo in 2020.

Alhaji Habib Iddrisu, a Parliamentary aspirant for the Tolon constituency of the Northern Region has received a massive boost from constituency and polling station executives, ward coordinators and party elders in his bid.

As a result, he has challenged constituents to deny him a second term if he fails to live up to his campaign promises as their lawmaker if he wins the 2020 polls.

He disclosed to them that he is more than committed to achieve the needed results through capacity building and initiation of various pro-poor schemes to ameliorate their plight as their son and brother.

The aspirant who is the Deputy Head of the Ghana Free Zones Authority (GFZA) in charge of Tema and its enclaves is the first to have picked and filed his nomination forms in the Northern Region and promised a wind of change for the people of the area.

“I am determined to do all that I have discussed with you. I challenge you to vote against my second term bid if I fail to deliver on my mandate during the first term”, he disclosed to a cheering members and executives of the party.

Earlier, Alhaji Habib Iddrisu paid a courtesy call on the Chief of Tolon Traditional Area Retired Major Sulemana Abubakari to seek his blessings before filing his nomination papers.

The Chief wished him well and expressed hope that in the future he would become the lawmaker representing the people of the area and champion their interest.

Meanwhile, he has pledged to implement an educational fund to support needy but brilliant students in the area when given the nod to lead in the constituency.

Alhaji Habib who prior to this initiated self-help projects for women groups within the Tolon area, added that empowering the youth will be his main priority, and that includes creating an educational fund to cater for the needy students in the constituency.

“You will see a lot of students in this constituency hanging around, they cannot go to school, and I have made a point that if I am elected as parliamentary candidate and subsequent Member of Parliament for this constituency, I will launch an educational fun. This is going to be an educational fund that will cater for all needs of students in this constituency”, he assured.

About 378 polling station executives and 18 electoral area coordinators witnessed the submission of his nomination forms at the party constituency office on Friday 31st January 2020.

Source: mynewsgh.com

Mr Evans Addison Coleman Onomah, former Agona West Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has picked nomination forms to contest the upcoming parliamentary primaries slated for April 25.

The forms were procured on his behalf by some NPP youth in the area.

Speaking to the media, Mr Onomah said his intention to contest for the Agona West seat was to unite the Party to secure victory in the December polls.

The constituency, he noted, needed a leader who would bring more infrastructural transformation and development to help raise the living standards of the people.

He said the youth were disappointed in their living conditions, especially in the areas of job creation, good roads, and sanitation, hence the need to save them from further suffering.

Swedru, which serves over five administrative districts could not boast of any good roads and bridges, creating huge human and vehicular traffic in the town, especially on Mondays and Thursdays, being market days, he said.

Mr Onomah said the current and the past members of Parliament in Agona West had failed the people and assured that if given the nod, he would undertake more developmental projects there.

He said the utmost problems confronting the youth was unemployment and pledged to lobby for both local and foreign investments to help create jobs and wealth for them.

Source: ghananewsagency.org

A 52-year-old Chattered Accountant Mr Sammy Binfo Darkwa, has picked a nomination form to contest the upcoming Adansi-Asokwa constituency NPP parliamentary primaries.

Mr Darkwa, thus, becomes the first person to contest the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Mr K.T Hammond.

This is the first time the Adansi-Asokwa constituency of the NPP opened nominations for people to contest the incumbent MP, who went unopposed since multi-party democracy began in the country.

Speaking to the media after picking his forms, Mr Darkwa, said that was a history in the constituency.

He said since multi-party democracy began in the country, interested aspirants were denied the opportunity to contest the incumbent and things were changing and called on the delegates to vote for the right parliamentary candidate to enable the constituency speed up in its development agenda.

Mr. Kwame Owusu, the constituency Chairman said the nomination was opened to any qualified member of the party to pick forms to contest.

He however, urged all contestants to abide by the rules of the game and comport themselves to maintain unity of the party in the constituency.

Source: Ghananewsagency.org

Mr Abraham Binapadam Jawol, Managing Director, Ghana Supply Company has declared his intention to contest the upcoming Parliamentary Primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Saboba Constituency of the Northern Region.

Mr Jawol said his teaming supporters from the rank and file of the Party have hinted that they would pick nominations forms on his behalf voluntarily at their own cost as a proof of their confidence in his bid.

The Managing Director has been in the Parliamentary race with the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP), Mr Charles Bintin for three consecutive times.

His party activism, commitment and dedication to work caught the attention of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, who appointed him in 2017, to steer the affairs of the state owned Company.

Mr Jawol told journalists in an interview in Accra that the strength of any politician was not in the position he occupied nor the wealth he may have accumulated but in the people who have vested their confidence in him and therefore he was obliged not to abuse the trust of the people for any other consideration.

Mr Jawol said that he would have to heed the calls to contest the primaries to restore the dashed hopes of the people in the current leadership and the dwindling fortunes of the party under the current MP.

The incumbent MP, he said had failed to foster the needed peace and unity in the Party and he was the best man to restore the needed peace and unity among the rank and file of the Party to ensure Party cohesion, the most essential ingredient for any successful campaign.

Mr Jawol promised to use his experience to help fix the many problems facing the Constituency when given the nod and admonished his supporters to engage in a campaign devoid insults, lies and character assassination but rather work hard to ensure his victory come April 25, 2020 and that of the Party in the general elections.

Source: ghananewsagency.org

The Deputy General Secretary for the National Patriotic Party, Nana Obiri Boahen has suggested an online filling of nomination forms due to heckles and complaints from several aspirants.

According to him, to avoid heckles, he will propose to the party to consider an online registration of all types of nomination forms in the foreseeable future.

The Deputy Secretary who has been assigned by the Party to the monitor Southern Zone including Eastern Region visited some areas today.

He told Nkawkaw based Agoo FM that he has been embarking on an unexpected tour to the various constituency offices where he has been assigned to see how the purchase of nomination forms is going.

Speaking to Obaahemaa Yaa Mirekua on the evening news analysis program, Nana Obiri Boahen disclosed that he was in the Eastern Region, Thursday, 30, January 2020 and purchase of the forms were encouraging at the places he visited.

He also stated there was calm and did not record any challenges at all the places he visited in the Eastern Region.

“Apparently, the only place my attention has been drawn to so far is in the Krachi Constituency where I was told the forms have not reached the constituency office. As a political party I think the online forms will help us”. He added

Some other regions including the Ashanti and few others have recorded a shortage of forms. At Ashanti Akim South Monday, Mr Eric Amofa Jnr experience same challenges when party executives present told him the constituency received three forms but have been sold out already.

He says this and others may be the reason to consider the online nomination form.

Nana Obiri Boahen also suggested that in the near future, card bearing members must also be allowed to vote when electing constituency chairmen since it has only been party executives who are given the mandate all the times.

Source: Kasapafmonline.com