{"id":140479,"date":"2024-01-18T10:22:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T10:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/18\/17-disqualified-in-npp-primaries-check-out-full-list-of-aspirants\/"},"modified":"2024-01-18T10:22:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T10:22:17","slug":"17-disqualified-in-npp-primaries-check-out-full-list-of-aspirants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/18\/17-disqualified-in-npp-primaries-check-out-full-list-of-aspirants\/","title":{"rendered":"17 disqualified in NPP primaries; check out full list of aspirants"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has disqualified 17 aspirants for the parliamentary primaries set for January 27, 2024. <\/p>\n

In all, over 300 aspirants will contest the election with about 30 other sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) are also going unopposed.<\/p>\n

This was the outcome of a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held on Wednesday to finalise modalities for the election and also decide the fate of aspirants whose eligibility was challenged at the Appeals Committee.<\/p>\n

The disqualified aspirants include: Kwabena Amankwaa (Manhyia South), Samuel Amankwaa (Ayawaso West Wuogon), Nathan Austin Kobina (Assin South), Richard Hagan (Okaikoi South), Ahmed Zaruk Nuhu (Bimbilla), among others. <\/p>\n

Also, some of those who are going unopposed are the MP for Ayawaso West Wuogon and First Deputy Majority Chief Whip, Lydia Seyram Alhassan; MP for Okaikoi Central, Patrick Yaw Boamah; MP for Damongo and Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor; MP for Lambussie, Dr Bright Yelviedong Baligi; MP for Nandom and Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery; MP for Assin South and Deputy Minister of Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, and MP for Upper Denkyira East, Dr Festus Awuah Kwofie.<\/p>\n

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