{"id":657644,"date":"2019-07-16T13:14:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T13:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p><strong>Masawudu Mubarick<\/strong><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DELEGATES of the opposition\nNational Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region will have 15 aspirants\nfrom seven constituencies to choose from in the parliamentary primary elections\ne"},"modified":"2019-07-16T13:14:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T13:14:41","slug":"nominations-closed-for-ndc-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/16\/nominations-closed-for-ndc-primaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominations Closed For NDC Primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Masawudu Mubarick<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DELEGATES of the opposition<br \/>\nNational Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region will have 15 aspirants<br \/>\nfrom seven constituencies to choose from in the parliamentary primary elections<br \/>\nexpected to be held soon.<\/p>\n<p>Nominations closed on Friday for<br \/>\nthe polls ahead of the August 24, showdown.<\/p>\n<p>The seven constituencies are<br \/>\nSekyere Afram Plains, Ejura-Sekyedumase, Asante-Akyem North, Ahafo Ano North,<br \/>\nOffinso North, New Edubiase and Asawase.<\/p>\n<p>At Sekyere Aframe Plains, former<br \/>\nDistrict Chief Executive, Fuseini Donkor will lock horn with the incumbent<br \/>\nMember of Parliament (MP), Alex Adomako Mensah and Dennis Owusu Dankwah.<\/p>\n<p>For the Asawase Constituency,<br \/>\nincumbent MP Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka and challenger Masawudu Mubarick are<br \/>\ngoing head-to-head.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Western<br \/>\nRegion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By the close of nominations last Friday, 31 individuals<br \/>\nhad picked forms to vie for the NDC primaries in the Western Region<\/p>\n<p>The picking of nominations forms in six constituencies<br \/>\nin the region has however, been put on hold.<\/p>\n<p>They include Essikado, Takoradi, Kwesimuntsim, Evalue-Ajomoro-<br \/>\nGwira, Tarkwa Nsuaem and Amenfi East.<\/p>\n<p>The NDC\u2019s Parliamentary Primaries is slated for August<br \/>\n24, 2019. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the filing of the nomination forms will be<br \/>\nfrom July 18 to July 19. <\/p>\n<p>The Western Regional Communications Officer of the NDC,<br \/>\nRichard Kirk-Mensah indicated that only three out of the 31 persons who picked<br \/>\nnomination forms, were women.<\/p>\n<p>He gave their names as Dorcas Afo Toffey, for Jomoro,<br \/>\nCharlotte Odum and Betty Busumtwi-Sam, all for Sekondi constituency.<\/p>\n<p>The Communications Officer emphasized that the incumbent<br \/>\nMP for Wassa East, Isaac Adjei Mensah and the former District Chief Executive<br \/>\nfor Prestea Huni-Valley, Wisdom Cudjoe are going unopposed.<\/p>\n<p>He also confirmed that the Deputy Regional<br \/>\nCommunications Officer, Ebenezer Essien had picked forms to contest the Ahanta<br \/>\nWest primaries.<\/p>\n<p>In the Sekondi constituency, three party activists,<br \/>\nCharles Hagan, Charlotte Odum, and Betty Bosomtwi-Sam picked forms.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Otoo , Peter Avorkadzi, Mohammed Ali also picked<br \/>\nforms to contest the Effia constituency primaries.<\/p>\n<p>In Ellembelle, the incumbent, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah<br \/>\nwould face stiff opposition from five other party activists including Alie Mieza,<br \/>\nJoseph Akpor, Kofi Anaman, Sylvester Enumi Cudjoe, and Obed Buah.<\/p>\n<p>In Shama constituency, Eric Cobbinah, Kojo Appiah, James<br \/>\nMensah Eshun and Gabriel Kojo Essilfie picked forms to contest the seat while<br \/>\nEric Kweku Kyeremah and Anthony Awortwe also picked forms in the Mpohor<br \/>\nconstituency.<\/p>\n<p>In Jomoro, Dorcas Afo Toffey and Nda Blay, Ackatiah<br \/>\nKwadu picked nomination forms and in Ahanta West, Ebenezer Essien, deputy<br \/>\ncommunications officer, Ebenezer Aidoo and George Kwame Aboagye, former MP,<br \/>\nwould battle it out.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Kwakye Ackah, incumbent, Elijah Yaw Jones and<br \/>\nGeorge Kofi Arthur picked forms in Amenfi Central and in Amenfi West, Eric<br \/>\nAfful, the incumbent and Gordon Kofi Sarfo Aidoo picked the nomination forms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Ernest Kofi Adu, Kumasi &amp; Emmanuel Opoku, Takoradi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Masawudu Mubarick DELEGATES of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region will have 15 aspirants from seven constituencies to choose from in the parliamentary primary elections expected to be held soon. Nominations closed on Friday for the polls ahead of the August 24, showdown. The seven constituencies are Sekyere Afram Plains, Ejura-Sekyedumase, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":657645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-657644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nominations Closed For NDC Primaries - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/16\/nominations-closed-for-ndc-primaries\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Nominations Closed For NDC Primaries - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Masawudu Mubarick DELEGATES of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region will have 15 aspirants from seven constituencies to choose from in the parliamentary primary elections expected to be held soon. 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