NDC APPROVES ALL 85 PARLIAMENTARY ASPIRANTS, 6 UNOPPOSED, 11 CONSTITUENCIES ON HOLD IN ASHANTI

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 NDC APPROVES ALL 85 PARLIAMENTARY ASPIRANTS, 6 UNOPPOSED, 11 CONSTITUENCIES ON HOLD IN  ASHANTI

All 85 aspiring Parliamentary Candidates of the opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC vetted for the party’s primaries have been given the green card to contest in the internal elections. Six of applicants have been officially declared Candidates of the NDC in their respective Constituencies after they were unopposed upon the close of nominations and satisfying all the eligibility criteria after their vetting. 


The Ashanti Regional Secretary of the NDC, Dr. Frank Amoakohene

The Ashanti Regional Secretary of the NDC, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, disclosed this in Kumasi at the end of the regional vetting proceedings. The 85 aspirants were from 36 out of the 47 Constituencies in the Ashanti region. A team comprising both Regional and national officers of the party using a general party Guidelines used three days to scrutinize all the applicants. The aspirants were made up of 71 men and 14 women who constituted 16 percent of the total number. 


The Ashanti Regional Secretary of the NDC, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, briefed the media


The Ashanti Regional Secretary of the NDC, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, briefed the media about what the Vetting Committee considered in scrutinizing the aspirants and why none of them was disqualified despite some petitions against some of them. The Regional Secretary named those who are already considered as NDC’s Parliamentary Candidates for the 2024 elections.  Prominent among the aspirants are the immediate past Minority Chief Whip in Parliament, Alhaji Mohammed Muntaka Mubarack who is being contested by only one Masawudu Mubarick for the Asawase slot. The incumbent MPs for Ejura-Sekyeduamse and New Edubiase are also being contested.


 Dr. Amoakohene explained that nominations for the remaining 11 Constituencies in the region will be opened later but was short of giving any specific details regarding when and why those areas have been put on hold. Meanwhile, the NDC has decided to organize decentralized joint Presidential and Parliamentary primaries on the 13th of next month to settle on its Flagbearer and Parliamentary Candidates for next year’s Presidential and Parliamentary elections. The Regional Secretary of the NDC gave the vetted aspirants to continue with their campaigns but asked them to do so devoid of insults or mudslinging since it is an internal contest.  Dr. Amoakohene said the NDC is ready to win political power to assume government in 2025.

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