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Don’t ‘tamper’ with New Juaben South constituency album– MP petitions NPP leadership
Mark Assibey-Yeboah, the Member of Parliament (MP) for New Juaben South, has petitioned John Boadu, the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), over what he claims is an attempt to alter the constituency’s album ahead of the party’s parliamentary primaries slated for June 20, 2020.
He has asked Mr Boadu to use his office to ensure that the “sanctity of the constituency album is preserved” and pointed out that it would be advisable for the party to “act swiftly to help stem the current uneasiness that was beginning to sweep through the constituency.”
The NPP has set June 20, 2020, for its suspended presidential and parliamentary primaries which was supposed to have come off on April 25, 2020, was postponed indefinitely due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country and the related restrictive measures announced by the president.
At a steering committee meeting held on June 1, 2020, the party agreed to hold the election in electoral areas rather than at the constituency level in order to ensure social distancing and the party was to use the primaries to elect parliamentary candidates in constituencies where it has sitting Members of Parliament, ahead of the 2020 general election and parliamentary aspirants had to suspend their campaigns due to the decision.
But with the easing of some of the COVID-19 induced restrictions, some aspirants have resumed their campaigns with 51 women contesting, while 65 will go unopposed in the primaries. -citinewsroom.com
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Presidential Race: EC announces list of qualified candidates to contest 2024 elections
The Electoral Commission has finally announced list of candidates who qualify to contest the 2024 Presidential race.In a statement issued today, the EC indicated that “Following the successful conduct of the Filing of Nominations from September 9-13, 2024.”
” The Commission instituted a thorough
examination of the Nomination Forms submitted by the Candidates to ensure
conformity with requirements as set out in law,” the added.
“The Electoral Commission wishes to inform the General Public that the following persons ave successfully gone through the Nomination process and qualify to contest as Candidates in the 2024 Presidential Election,” the concluded.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
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Police arrest three persons and declare others wanted in connection with violent disturbances at Apam
The Ghana Police Service has arrested three persons and declared others wanted in connection with violent disturbances which left one person injured at Apam in the Central Region on SSeptember 16, 2024.
The suspects, who have been identified as Alhaji Kassim Mohammed, Stephen Cobbinah alias Bonjour, and Joseph Mensah alias Kofi Kokor, together with others, armed with offensive weapons, disrupted a commissioning ceremony for the equipment for the District Roads Improvement Programme (DRIP) at Apam, which resulted in the violence.
Suspects Alhaji Kassim Mohammed, Stephen Cobbinah, and Joseph Mensah are currently in custody and will be put before court to face justice.
Meanwhile, efforts are underway to get the other suspects also arrested.
