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All\nseven presidential aspirants of the opposition National Democratic Congress\n(NDC) have been cleared to contest in the presidential primary slated for\nFebruary 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Balloting\nfor positions on the ballot paper took place yesterd"},"modified":"2019-01-24T12:58:42","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T12:58:42","slug":"ndc-picks-position-for-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/24\/ndc-picks-position-for-president\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC Picks Position For President"},"content":{"rendered":"

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All
\nseven presidential aspirants of the opposition National Democratic Congress
\n(NDC) have been cleared to contest in the presidential primary slated for
\nFebruary 23.<\/p>\n

Balloting
\nfor positions on the ballot paper took place yesterday at the party\u2019s
\nheadquarters in Adabraka, Accra.<\/p>\n

Alban
\nKingsford Sumana Bagbin, NDC Member of Parliament (MP) for Nadowli Kaleo and
\ncurrent Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament picked the first position on the
\nballot paper while businessman Nurideen Iddrisu took the second position on the paper.<\/p>\n

Former President John Dramani Mahama, who is
\nhighly tipped to win the contest, picked the third position while former NHIS Chief
\nExecutive Sylvester Mensah, picked the fourth position.<\/p>\n

Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, a former Trade and Industry
\nMinister, took the fifth position while Goosie O. Tanoh, who left the NDC to
\nform the now defunct National Reform Party (NRP) in the run-up to the 2000
\ngeneral elections, picked the sixth position.<\/p>\n

Former Vice Chancellor of University of Professional Studies,
\nAccra (UPSA) Prof Joshua Alabi picked the seventh position on the ballot paper.<\/p>\n

Yesterday,
\nYaw Boateng Gyan, a member of the Appeals Committee of the party, said on radio
\nthat all the aspirants had gone through the vetting process successfully.<\/p>\n

He said there has not been any petition against
\nany of the aspirants for the committee to consider.<\/p>\n

Mr. Gyan denied reports that Mr. Tanoh had been disqualified
\nfor breaking away from the NDC to form the NRP in the past.<\/p>\n

Election Date<\/strong><\/p>\n

Initially, the presidential primary was slated
\nfor December 7, 2018, but could not take place as planned because the party\u2019s
\nleadership claimed the time between NDC\u2019s congress and the presidential primary
\nwas too short.<\/p>\n

The election was later scheduled for January 26,
\n2019, but again it could not take place because two NDC members \u2013 James Kabu Nartey and Abdallah Issah- filed a suit against the party in December 2018. <\/p>\n

They
\nchallenged the rules and guidelines set by the party for the presidential
\nprimary scheduled for January 26, 2019.<\/p>\n

The NDC\u2019s presidential primary has now been postponed to February 23, 2019 which is the last Saturday of next month.<\/p>\n

By Melvin Tarlue<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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