{"id":1207794,"date":"2022-09-20T12:55:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T12:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/20\/cape-coast-constituency-ndc-revokes-membership-of-former-ppp-parliamentary-candidate-asks-him-to-re-apply\/"},"modified":"2022-09-20T12:55:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T12:55:57","slug":"cape-coast-constituency-ndc-revokes-membership-of-former-ppp-parliamentary-candidate-asks-him-to-re-apply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/20\/cape-coast-constituency-ndc-revokes-membership-of-former-ppp-parliamentary-candidate-asks-him-to-re-apply\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Coast Constituency NDC revokes membership of former PPP Parliamentary candidate; asks him to re-apply"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>The Cape Coast North Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has revoked the membership of Bright Edem Drofenu, a former Progressive People\u2019s Party\u2019s Parliamentary Candidate for the Cape Coast South Constituency.<\/p>\n<p>At a functional Executive Committee (FEC) sitting on September 19, 2022, at the Cape Coast Hotel, the FEC adopted the report of the Special Complaints Committee (SCC) based on which his membership with the party (The Mary Queen of Peace Branch) was declared null and void.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter signed by Cape Coast, North Constituency Chairman of the NDC, Adamu Yushau Usumanu, the position of Mr Drofenu as a branch executive member was also revoked.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Bright-Edem-Drofenu.jpeg\" alt=\"Cape Coast Constituency NDC revokes membership of former PPP Parliamentary candidate; asks him to re-apply\" class=\"wp-image-10032174297 lazy\" width=\"689\" height=\"353\"  data- title=\"Cape Coast Constituency NDC revokes membership of former PPP Parliamentary candidate; asks him to re-apply\"\/><figcaption>Bright Edem Drofenu (third from left) contested on the ticket of the PPP in 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The party has, therefore, asked him to take the necessary steps to re-apply to be admitted as a member of the party if he so desires.<\/p>\n<p>The chairman stated at the end of the letter that,\u201d We look forward to receiving your application and welcoming you wholeheartedly to our party, the NDC.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PHOTO-2022-09-20-10-55-11-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cape Coast Constituency NDC revokes membership of former PPP Parliamentary candidate; asks him to re-apply\" class=\"wp-image-10032174301 lazy\"  data- title=\"Cape Coast Constituency NDC revokes membership of former PPP Parliamentary candidate; asks him to re-apply\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s, however, unclear what may have triggered the revocation of Mr Drofenu\u2019s membership in the party.<\/p>\n<p>Bright Edem Drofenu contested the Cape Coast South Parliamentary elections on the ticket of the Progressive People\u2019s Party in 2012.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cape Coast North Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has revoked the membership of Bright Edem Drofenu, a former Progressive People\u2019s Party\u2019s Parliamentary Candidate for the Cape Coast South Constituency. 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