{"id":683156,"date":"2019-08-16T12:20:12","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T12:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p><strong>Some members of the NPP at the congress<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the\nVolta Region has cleared 43 aspirants to contest the party\u2019s primaries to\nrepresent their constituencies (orphan ones) on the ticket of"},"modified":"2019-08-16T12:20:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T12:20:12","slug":"volta-npp-clears-43-to-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/16\/volta-npp-clears-43-to-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Volta NPP Clears 43 To Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Some members of the NPP at the congress<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the<br \/>\nVolta Region has cleared 43 aspirants to contest the party\u2019s primaries to<br \/>\nrepresent their constituencies (orphan ones) on the ticket of the party.<\/p>\n<p>The NPP has set September 28, 2019,<br \/>\nas date on which to hold elections in \u2018orphan constituencies\u2019 (Constituencies<br \/>\nwithout NPP sitting MPs).<\/p>\n<p>The 43 who will be contesting in all<br \/>\n18 constituencies in the region where not a single constituency is represented<br \/>\nby an NPP MP, had five of them being females.<\/p>\n<p>The second vice-chairman, Frederick<br \/>\nFredua Anto, who made this known in Ho, said four out of the lot have also been<br \/>\ndeclared to contest unopposed by the vetting committee.<\/p>\n<p>They are; John Peter Amewu, Energy<br \/>\nMinister, for the Hohoe Constituency; Simon Peter Kofi Owusu, for Akatsi North;<br \/>\nRaybon Evans Anyadi for Adaklu; Prosper Pi-Bansah for the Ho Central.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that although the vetting<br \/>\ncommittee had no capacity to disqualify any aspirant at this level, the<br \/>\naspirants have up to August 17, 2019 to be declared legitimate to contest, from<br \/>\nthe National Vetting Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the date slated for the<br \/>\nprimaries, all parties will have the opportunity to contest adverse findings.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Anto reminded the aspirants that<br \/>\nper Article 12 of the Party\u2019s Constitution, aspirants for such positions must<br \/>\nbe active members for at least two years in good standing, owe no allegiance to<br \/>\nanother country and have honoured their tax and other statutory obligations.<\/p>\n<p>He observed that majority of the<br \/>\naspirants were Municipal and District Chief Executives who have for the past<br \/>\ntwo and half years become the face of the party and government on the ground<br \/>\nand a liaison between government and the people. They have done tremendously<br \/>\nwell to facilitate development for both residents and party members.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Anto however said that when the<br \/>\ntime for primaries in constituencies with Members of Parliament was ready,<br \/>\nMMDCEs interested to contest such seats would have to resign their positions to<br \/>\nbe able to contest.<\/p>\n<p>He was hopeful that the Party will be<br \/>\nable to annex four parliamentary seats in the 18 constituencies of the Volta Region.<br \/>\nMore so, they are targeting a minimum of 40% of the votes in the region which<br \/>\nis the stronghold of the opposition NDC.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the countless<br \/>\ninitiatives of government in improving the lives of the people were enough to<br \/>\nwin the hearts of the people.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the NDC in the region has<br \/>\nalso cleared 60 aspirants to contest their primaries on August 24, 2019. They<br \/>\nare optimistic of retaining all the 18 seats with majority of the votes in the<br \/>\nregion.<\/p>\n<p>Other political parties are yet to outline their activities ahead of the 2020 elections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Fred Duodu, Ho (k.duodu@yahoo.com)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some members of the NPP at the congress The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Volta Region has cleared 43 aspirants to contest the party\u2019s primaries to represent their constituencies (orphan ones) on the ticket of the party. 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