NDC disqualifies 23 aspirants from national executive election

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Elections Committee has disqualified 23 aspirants seeking various national executive positions following its vetting exercise ahead of the party’s upcoming national elections.

The committee cleared 98 candidates out of the 121 aspirants who appeared for vetting, after determining that the remaining candidates had failed to meet specific eligibility requirements under the party’s constitution and electoral guidelines.

Spokesperson for the committee, Dr Peter Boamah Otokunor, disclosed this while addressing the media after the exercise.

He explained that although 122 individuals submitted nominations, one aspirant failed to show up for vetting, leaving 121 candidates to undergo the process.

“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. So if 23 were disqualified, then it means that we have about 98 people cleared to contest”

Dr Otokunor said most of the disqualifications resulted from the failure of aspirants to satisfy a constitutional provision outlining the conditions candidates must meet before contesting national executive positions.

He noted that the committee applied the party’s electoral guidelines, which provide further clarity on the constitutional requirements, in assessing the candidates.

“Almost all of them were disqualified on a clause that provides a prerequisite for individuals who contest for national executive positions. And they didn’t meet that clause, that requirement, and so they had to be disqualified,” he said.

The NDC is scheduled to hold its 9th National Delegates Congress on Saturday, December 19, 2026, where members will elect national officers as part of the party’s reorganisation efforts ahead of the 2028 general elections.