{"id":1001082,"date":"2022-02-23T11:36:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T11:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/23\/michael-okyere-baafi-calls-for-calm-in-npp-polling-station-elections\/"},"modified":"2022-02-23T11:36:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T11:36:50","slug":"michael-okyere-baafi-calls-for-calm-in-npp-polling-station-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/23\/michael-okyere-baafi-calls-for-calm-in-npp-polling-station-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Okyere Baafi calls for calm in NPP polling station elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Michael-Okyere-Baafi-Deputy-Minister-for-Trade-and-Industry-and-also-New-Juaben-South-MP_3-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Michael Okyere Baafi - Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry and also New Juaben South MP_3\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Member of Parliament for New Juaben South Constituency and Deputy Minister of Trade, Michael Okyere Baafi, is calling for calm amongst members of the New Patriotic Party who intend to contest for the party\u2019s polling station elections.<\/p>\n<p>He said the polling station election is a very important process of the party\u2019s organisation in its quest to \u2018break the 8\u2019, hence requires inclusiveness and fair play.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, series of allegations against Constituency Executives over deliberate attempts to prevent interested party members from picking nomination forms for the contest must be avoided.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>He encouraged\u00a0 Constituency Executives to ensure all qualified card bearing members interested in the contest are permitted to do same.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Baafi, however, denied allegations that some incumbent polling station executives in New Juaben South who are supposed to benefit from Dr Mahamudu Bawumia\u2019s free nomination forms have been denied the forms.<\/p>\n<p>NPP extends date for picking polling station nomination forms<\/p>\n<p>He said every polling station executive in the New Juaben South Constituency has been issued with a free form while New entrants have also been given the opportunity to pick a form and contest.<\/p>\n<p>He said records from the New Juaben South Election Committee suggest that about 4,500 nomination forms have been issued out already which indicates that the majority of members who want to contest have been served.<\/p>\n<p>He said additional 500 nomination forms have been requested from the party\u2019s\u00a0 National office to ensure that as many as interested in the contest have the opportunity to do so.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"kMrCwUOSJVM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sarah Adwoa Safo Deletes TikTok Account After Backlash- Badwam Ahosepe on Adom TV (23-2-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kMrCwUOSJVM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Member of Parliament for New Juaben South Constituency and Deputy Minister of Trade, Michael Okyere Baafi, is calling for calm amongst members of the New Patriotic Party who intend to contest for the party\u2019s polling station elections. 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