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By Ruth Dery \/ Ibrahim Saani\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tema, Jan. 27, GNA -Mr Kweku Poku Bosompem, the New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) Tema West Chairman, has said that sharing cash for delegates at the constituency\u2019s parliamentary primaries was not meant to influence votes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mr Bosompem, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), said the money meant for transportation was supposed to have been shared to delegates ahead of the primaries.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said, but due to a delay in receiving it from the party\u2019s national office, they had to share it at the polling centre while the election was ongoing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said the monies were shared based on ranks and ranged between GHs1,000 and GHs200.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, 1439 delegates are voting in the ongoing primaries to elect a parliamentary candidate for the party.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mr. Robert Richard Suapim, a former constituency treasurer, and Mr. Dennis Amfo Sefah, an immediate past constituency chairman, are contending to be elected as the parliamentary candidate for Tema West, in Election 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The current Member of Parliament, Mr. Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, not contesting in the primaries.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He has announced that he will bow out of the House at the end of the current parliament.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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