ASHANTI NDC VETTING-TWO DISQUALIFIED SO FAR

-


Dr. Sarpong after the vetting
The NDC yesterday began the vetting of its Parliamentary aspirants from about in the Ashanti region ahead of the November 7 nation-wide Presidential and Parliamentary elections.

 Aspirants from 27 out of the 47 Constituencies went through the process. The aspirants took turns to answer probing questions from members of the Vetting Committee which included some National, Regional and Constituency executives of the party. 

Among those who went through the process were the Managing Director of the State Housing Company, Dr. Samuel Sarpong who is one the three contenders in the Nhyiaeso Constituency,  Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, the only aspirant for the Asawase, the Obuasi Municipal Chief Executive, Ofori Agyemang, Obuasi East and the MCE of Asante Bekwai, Madam Mary Jantuah .  

 A source at the Vetting has revealed to news men that so far two aspirants have been disqualified from the race for various questionable deeds. 

Mr. Kaakyira Oppong-Kykekyeku
One of them is Kwasi Dumanga, one of the three contestants in the Sekyere Afram Plains Constituency. 

Mr. Dumanga is alleged to have presented forged and fictitious signatures on his forms. 

The other casualty is Jerry John Appiah Felix from the Adansi Fomena Constituency. 



 He is said to be the party’s Parliamentary candidate in the 2012 elections.

 Mr. Appiah is alleged to have squandered some party funds in the constituency. 

According to the Regional Secretary of the NDC, Raymond Tandoh, 14 of the aspirants in the region are contesting unopposed.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

JUTE FACTORY IS BACK

-
Image
the administrative block under rehabilitation At long last, the much talked about defunct GIHOC Fibre manufacturing Company popularly known as the Jute Factory, is to be back in operations very soon.  Ashanti Today can confirm that work is feverishly ongoing towards the revival of the once golden sacks manufacturing company with the first production expected in the first quarter of next year.  It is a public-private partnership with a wholly Ghanaian company, Jute Mills Ghana Limited being the operator and has already sunk about five million Ghana Cedis to revamp the company.  The Jute Factory is located within the industrial area of Kaase.  It has been on divestiture for about 20 years now with successive governments paying lip-service to revamp it.   The old machinery at main factory to be replaced soon  It is one project that is dear to the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu, who has used almost every opportunity with bus...
Read more

THE STATE OF KUMASI'S 'INDUSTRIAL AREA

-
The once Industrial enclave of the Ashanti region within the Kumasi metropolis is fast losing its status as the nerve centre of jobs for the people.     This is due to the collapse of most of the companies in quick succession in  the last few years for various reasons. Background Industrialization was a key component of the first wholly indigenous government of Ghana led by Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. The Ashanti region was not left out in this drive which was meant to create decent jobs for the residents, particularly the youth.  Asokwa, Ahinsan, Kaase, Atonsu and Kyirapatre were the communities that became what is known as the ‘Industrial Area’ of Ashanti from the early 60s.  The christening of this enclave as the ‘Industrial Area’ was the people’s appreciation of the numerous state and privately owned companies that were sited there.  These communities fall within present day Asokwa Constituency whic...
Read more

KWAMANG SHS NEEDS URGENT HELP

-
Image
New Campus of the Kwamang Presby SHS The Kwamang Presby Senior High/Technical School in the Sekyere Central district of Ashanti needs an urgent external intervention to address some of its pressing basic needs to function very well.  A visit by Ashanti Today to the school’s premises revealed that the school does not have an administrative block to administer affairs of the school for which reason the Headmistress, the Bursar and another staff are sharing one room which has been partitioned, while the Assistant Headmaster, the rest of the Accounts staff among other administrative officers are also working from an improvised classroom. Anybody who visits the Kwamang Presby Senior High Technical school for the first time will unavoidably take it for a basic school.  This is more so when it appears to be perching on the premises of the local Junior High School as its old site.  The school is wallowing in a myriad of challenges that are seriously milit...
Read more