{"id":673418,"date":"2019-08-06T14:09:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T14:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p><strong>Prof. Kwesi Yankah<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A\ntotal of 14 aspirants have filed nominations to contest the New Patriotic Party\n(NPP) parliamentary primaries in four orphan constituencies in the Central\nRegion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As\npart of the pro"},"modified":"2019-08-06T14:09:06","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T14:09:06","slug":"14-file-to-contest-cr-npp-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/06\/14-file-to-contest-cr-npp-primaries\/","title":{"rendered":"14 File To Contest CR NPP Primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Prof. Kwesi Yankah<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A<br \/>\ntotal of 14 aspirants have filed nominations to contest the New Patriotic Party<br \/>\n(NPP) parliamentary primaries in four orphan constituencies in the Central<br \/>\nRegion.<\/p>\n<p>As<br \/>\npart of the processes to select candidates\u00a0<br \/>\nfor the 2020 parliamentary elections, the party\u00a0 opened nominations\u00a0 in the four constituencies that the NPP does<br \/>\nnot have sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) and many aspirants have expressed<br \/>\ntheir desires to represent the party.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nnominations for the orphan constituencies throughout Ghana were opened on 20<sup>th<\/sup><br \/>\nJuly 2019 and closed on Saturday, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> August.<\/p>\n<p>At<br \/>\nthe close of nominations in the Central Region, the14 aspirants picked<br \/>\nnomination forms and filed to contest the parliamentary<br \/>\nprimaries in the four orphan constituencies. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Constituencies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nfour constituencies are Agona East, Ajumako Enyan Essiam, Cape Coast South and<br \/>\nKomenda Edina Eguafo Abirem, and these seats are being occupied by the<br \/>\nopposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n<p>In<br \/>\nAgona East controlled by Qeenstar Pokua Sawyerr, NPP aspirants who filed,<br \/>\nincluded Prince Yaw Essah, Dr Kennedy Abrokwah and Prof. Kwesi Yankah, who is<br \/>\nthe Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education.<\/p>\n<p>In<br \/>\nAjumako Enyan Essiam where NDC\u2019s Cassiel Ato Forson is the incumbent MP, aspirants<br \/>\ninclude Elisha Odoom, Ransford Kwesi Nyarko, Dr Rashid Kwesi Etuaful and<br \/>\nRichard Hagan.<\/p>\n<p>In<br \/>\nCape Coast South, aspirants include Ernest Arthur, Dr Edward Ekow Dsane Selby, Baron<br \/>\nOpia Kojo Mensah, Emmanuel Andoh Perry Mensah and Stephen Jeffery Essien<br \/>\nDadson.<\/p>\n<p>In<br \/>\nKomenda Edina Eguafo Abirem, they are Gerald Mensah Arhin and Dr Samuel Joe<br \/>\nAcquah.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vetting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According<br \/>\nto a statement issued by the party, vetting of the aspirants is scheduled to<br \/>\ntake place on Monday, 12<sup>th<\/sup> August 2019 at the NPP head office in the<br \/>\nCentral Region.<\/p>\n<p>NPP has 19 sitting MPs in the Central Region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BY Melvin Tarlue<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Kwesi Yankah A total of 14 aspirants have filed nominations to contest the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries in four orphan constituencies in the Central Region. 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