{"id":416944,"date":"2011-05-04T08:16:36","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T08:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/04\/nana-konadu-picks-nomination-form\/"},"modified":"2011-05-04T08:16:36","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T08:16:36","slug":"nana-konadu-picks-nomination-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/04\/nana-konadu-picks-nomination-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Nana Konadu picks nomination form"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"139.323529412\">\n<p>You Are Here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/politics\/\" title=\"View all posts in Politics\" rel=\"category tag\">Politics<\/a> \u00bb Nana Konadu picks nomination form<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Page last updated at Wednesday, May 4, 2011 8:08 AM \/\/ <\/span><\/div>\n<div readability=\"7\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/mrs-rawlings-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2439\" title=\"mrs-rawlings-21\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/mrs-rawlings-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings on Tuesday picked the nomination form to contest the flag bearer position of National Democratic Congress (NDC) for Election 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The party has fixed July 8-10 as the date for the National Delegates\u2019 Congress in the Brong-Ahafo Regional capital, Sunyani, to elect a flag bearer.<\/p>\n<p>The NDC Headquarters was swarmed with sympathisers of the former First Lady, dressed in T-shirts embossed with the portrait of Nana Konadu with the inscriptions \u201cBe Bold \u2013 Our Last Chance\u201d; \u201cThe Great Hope \u2013 The Spirit of the Nation\u201d; \u201cJJ The Founder of NDC\u201d and \u201cRight Change\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Security personnel had difficulty controlling the large crowd who thronged the party Headquarters to show their solidarity with the former First Lady.<\/p>\n<p>There were three barricades mounted by party officials and police to control the journalists who flocked the NDC headquarters to cover the event.<\/p>\n<p>Journalists struggled with these officials at the main gate to the compound and the entrances to the reception, the staircase and main room for the event.<\/p>\n<p>A visibly delighted Mrs Rawlings, the first to pick nomination forms, commended the media for their contributions to deepening democracy.<\/p>\n<p>She was also thankful to the party for the opportunity to contest the flag bearer slot.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview, Mr Kofi Adams, Spokesperson for the Rawlingses, told the Ghana News Agency: \u201cNow the stage is set for serious campaigning to begin. Nana Konadu will show the forms to the Founder of the party and the Council of Elders as a sign of respect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will then hit the ground running as the congress is just a few months away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nominations would be from Tuesday May 3-10.<\/p>\n<p>Submission of completed nomination forms is slated for June 1, vetting of potential candidates would be from June 7-8, and release of delegates\u2019 lists would be on June 10.<\/p>\n<p>The NDC National Executive Committee has approved a non-refundable fee of GH\u00a220,000 to be paid by male flag bearer aspirants. In line with the party\u2019s social democratic and gender sensitive credentials, it has offered a 50 per cent rebate to all female aspirants.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, NDC General Secretary, said the party hoped this would encourage more women to participate in the democratic process and assume a more responsible role in the party and the country at large.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Mr Asiedu Nketiah each contestant shall be proposed by two persons and seconded by four persons who must be members of the executive at the branch, constituency, regional or national levels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA duly proposed contestant shall be endorsed by two members of the executive at any level of the party from each of the 230 Constituencies of the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On the qualification of flag bearer aspirants, the NDC General Secretary explained that the aspirant must fulfil qualification criteria as stated in Article 62 of the 1992 Constitution which deal with the qualifications to be president of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the aspirant must be a member of a branch of the party, a known and active member of the party for not less than four years, shall not be a member of any other political party, and must accept the constitution, philosophy and policies of the NDC.<\/p>\n<p>Others are that the aspirant must be an active and card bearing member of the party with fully paid up membership dues; must not be facing any disciplinary action for breach of the party\u2019s Disciplinary Code and Constitution; and must not be a member of the executive committee at any level of the party at the time of picking of the nomination form.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Asiedu Nketiah noted that according to Article 44(a) of the Party\u2019s Constitution, the NDC was required to elect its flag bearer at least 12 months when in government and at least 24 months when outside government before any presidential election the party intends to participate in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the 1992 Constitution, the next presidential election is slated for the first week of December 2012. Since the NDC is in government now, the party therefore has up to the first week in December 2011 to elect its flag bearer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is against this background that we are going to begin the process towards election of our flag bearer early enough to abide by our own party constitution,\u201d the NDC General Secretary said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Asiedu Nketiah assured the party that the Council of Elders and National Executive Committee had endorsed the guidelines, regulations and timetable to ensure the provision of an even playing field for all candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Source: GNA<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>| | <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Currently%20reading%20http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/05\/04\/nana-konadu-picks-nomination-form\/\" title=\"Click to send this page to Twitter!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This!<\/a> | <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>Comments<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/05\/04\/nana-konadu-picks-nomination-form\/\" title=\"Nana Konadu picks nomination form\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nana Konadu picks nomination form<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> You Are Here: Home \u00bb Politics \u00bb Nana Konadu picks nomination form Page last updated at Wednesday, May 4, 2011 8:08 AM \/\/ Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings on Tuesday picked the nomination form to contest the flag bearer position of National Democratic Congress (NDC) for Election 2012. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-416944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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