{"id":170298,"date":"2024-04-10T11:08:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T11:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/10\/ndc-runs-from-ejisu-by-election\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T11:08:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T11:08:51","slug":"ndc-runs-from-ejisu-by-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/10\/ndc-runs-from-ejisu-by-election\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC Runs From Ejisu By-Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has opted from contesting in the upcoming by-election in the Ejisu Constituency, scheduled for 30th April 2024.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s obvious that the NDC will lose the Parliamentary seat which is in the NPP\u2019s World, hence, in a smart move decided to stay out.<br \/>The NDC claims they are focusing more on the general elections scheduled for December.<\/p>\n<p>The Ashanti Regional Organiser of the NDC, Ishmael Alhassan, explained that the party has opted out of the race citing concerns about the wastage of resources<\/p>\n<p>This decision comes after the Member of Parliament for the area, John Ampontuah Kumah of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), passed away on March 7, 2024, following a brief illness.<\/p>\n<p>He claimd \u201cI am speaking on authority that the NDC will not contest this by-election. We don\u2019t want to benefit from [John Kumah\u2019s] death. Looking at the time frame if the Electoral Commission does not conduct the election before May, any political party who contests this election is just causing financial loss to the party\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are winning the election for His Excellency John Mahama so any preparation that we have is geared towards the December election and that is our focus\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The NPP is currently preparing to select a new candidate for the by-election which will be supervised by the Electoral Commission (EC) on 14th April, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Electoral Commission has announced that the by-election for the Ejisu constituency will take place on April 30, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>So far with NPP, nine aspirants have been cleared to contest the party\u2019s Parliamentary primary coming Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>-BY Daniel Bampoe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has opted from contesting in the upcoming by-election in the Ejisu Constituency, scheduled for 30th April 2024. 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