Janet Nabla to focus on making People’s National Party a fully fledged political party after failing to qualify for Election 2024

Graphic Online Politics Oct - 04 - 2024 , 09:57

Janet Asana Nabla, who did not qualify as an independent presidential candidate for Election 2024 says she will concentrate and ensure that the People’s National Party (PNP) she has formed becomes a fully fledged political party.

She formed the PNP with the symbol of a palm tree after breaking away from the People's National Convention (PNC), a political party she served as a general secretary.

The new PNP has been issued with a provisional certificate by the Electoral Commission and so she attempted to contest the 2024 presidential election as an independent candidate but she did not qualify.

The Electoral Commission after scrutinising her nomination forms disqualified her for using registration details of particular voters to support her nomination in certain districts in other districts.

The person she selected as her vice presidential candidate did not also sign the nomination forms.

When the Electoral Commission drew her attention to the issues, they were not resolved and so she was disqualified.

But Graphic Online's Benjamin Xornam Glover, reports that the General Secretary of the People’s National Party (PNP), Sulemana Seidu, the political party of which Ms Nabla is the chairperson and leader, in a statement issued on Thursday [Oct 3, 2024] indicated that their concentration is now on how to get a full certificate from the Electoral Commission.

They have no interest in going to contest why Janet Nabla did not qualify as an independent presidential candidate for Election 2024.

Final certificate

Mr Seidu said although the party disagreed with the grounds of disqualification, upon further consultation with its members across the country, the party had decided not to contest the EC’s decision and rather concentrate on receiving its final certificate to enable it to operate as a full fledge political party.

He said PNP as a political party’s existence was not limited to contesting elections but rather educating citizens to help them make an informed decision about political issues, government policies and their impact on the society.

Mr Seidu said the PNP would continue to hold the government of the day accountable by reviewing policies, proposing alternatives and ensuring transparency.

“We, therefore, appeal to our teaming followers to remain resolute as we come out with a direction on the way to go, come December 7, 2024.

Background

Ms Nabla was among the 11 aspirants who did not qualify and the Electoral Commission rejected their nomination forms for various reasons, including incomplete filling of the forms, using voters in a particular district to represent another district, repeating voters in a particular district for another district, not having tax certificates, vice presidential candidates not having tax certificates, unsigned forms by vice presidential candidates, among others.