23 disqualified, 98 cleared for NDC’s December 19 national executive elections

Speaking to journalists after the exercise on Thursday, Dr Peter Boamah Otokunor disclosed that 138 people picked nomination forms but only 122 filed, and one of those missed vetting.

He stated, “122 individuals filed, and one was absent for the vetting, so it means that 121 undertook the vetting. Out of that, we had 23 disqualified”.

Dr Otokunor revealed that the National Executive Committee race produced most of the casualties, with 16 aspirants disqualified and 32 cleared, adding that six of the seven people chasing Deputy General Secretary got through.

He further disclosed that two contenders each fell in the Deputy National Women’s Organiser race and in the National Youth Organiser race, with all four National Chairman contenders and 17 National Vice Chairman contenders sailing through.

According to Dr Otokunor, most of those sent home had failed to satisfy the constitutional requirements for national executive office, as well as the party’s electoral guidelines.

Meanwhile, the two Youth Organiser hopefuls sent home are Steven Nhyira Odarteifio and Najib Yahaya.

However, no full list of the 23 disqualified aspirants has been published as of yet.

Additionally, all four chairman hopefuls: Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, Akwasi Opong-Fosu, Nii Armah Ashietey and incumbent Vice Chairman Sofo Azorka have been cleared to contest.

Incumbent General Secretary Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, Joseph Yamin for National Organiser, and Godwin Ako Gunn for National Communications Officer all went through unopposed.

They further disclosed that aggrieved aspirants have two days to appeal to a panel reviewing complaints.

Meanwhile, candidates who sealed through have now been cleared to take their campaigns across the country, with delegates’ lists handed to them, and the committee has urged peaceful campaigns free of insults and attacks.

The NDC elections are scheduled to take place during the party’s National Delegates Congress on Saturday, December 19, as part of a broader reorganisation exercise ahead of the 2028 general elections.

In other news, Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the Minority Leader, has said that the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) would lose more than 35 parliamentary seats if a general election were held today.

According to Afenyo-Markin, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) would regain its parliamentary majority in the 2028 elections and secure victory for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in the presidential race.

On Tuesday, November 3, 2026, Afenyo-Markin, addressing Parliament at the opening of the Third Meeting of the Second Session of the Ninth Parliament, noted that recent research findings suggested a decline in the NDC’s electoral fortunes.

He stated, “Mr Speaker, I want to tell my colleagues that just yesterday, research findings were published that clearly state that if elections were to be held today, the NDC will be losing over 35 seats”.

“So Mr Speaker, what it means is that if we press on, if we press on like we are doing, come 2028, we will overtake them and remain the majority and elect Dr Mahamadu Bawumia as the president of Ghana”, he added.

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