{"id":143543,"date":"2024-01-25T20:17:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T20:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/npp-postpones-akuapem-south-parliamentary-primaries\/"},"modified":"2024-01-25T20:17:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T20:17:40","slug":"npp-postpones-akuapem-south-parliamentary-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/npp-postpones-akuapem-south-parliamentary-primaries\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP postpones Akuapem South Parliamentary Primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                        \n\n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has postponed its Akuapem South parliamentary primary initially scheduled for January 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Frank Aidoo, has petitioned the party following the withdrawal of Akuapem South MP, Osei Bonsu Amoah from the race two days ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NPP had earlier prohibited MMDCEs from contesting in constituencies with sitting MPs unless the MP opts not to run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a result of O.B. Amoah&#8217;s withdrawal, the path is now open for the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) to enter the race who has consequently petitioned to be included in the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/NPP-Primaries.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10032450495 lazy\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The postponement comes in response to petitions and recommendations from both the constituency and regional executive committees, according to a release signed by the party\u2019s General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision aims to facilitate comprehensive consultations and address concerns, it added.<\/p>\n\n                <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n               \n <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                        \n\n    \n                                 \n                                             \n                    <\/div><div style=\"clear: both; overflow:hidden;margin:20px auto; width:100%; min-height:280px;\">\n                                                 \n                        <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p> \n                        \n                        \n                    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has postponed its Akuapem South parliamentary primary initially scheduled for January 27. The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Frank Aidoo, has petitioned the party following the withdrawal of Akuapem South MP, Osei Bonsu Amoah from the race two days ago. The NPP had earlier prohibited MMDCEs from contesting in constituencies with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":141808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NPP postpones Akuapem South Parliamentary Primaries - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/npp-postpones-akuapem-south-parliamentary-primaries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NPP postpones Akuapem South Parliamentary Primaries - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has postponed its Akuapem South parliamentary primary initially scheduled for January 27. 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