NDC national confab for Dec 20?

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) may postpone its National Delegates Congress scheduled for December 13, in Kumasi to December 20, this year.

This is due to accommodation challenges and other logistical requirements, among other things.

According to party sources, reports  from planning committees  of the congress indicated that hotel  accommodation  was not readily available in  Kumasi,  making the December 13 date for the congress doubtful.

However, the Youth and Women’s Wings’ conferences scheduled for December 6 in Kumasi and Wa respectively are not affected by the change of date.

Filing of nominations ended yesterday.

 Meanwhile  as of last Tuesday, 110 aspirants, contesting various national positions of the NDC, had  picked their nominations forms to contest the election.

The  filing of nominations for the national congress of the party closed yesterday .

In all, 24 positions are being contested at the national level. They are  the national chairperson, six national vice chairpersons,general secretary and his two deputies, and national organiser and his two deputies.

Others are  propaganda secretary and his two deputies; women’s organiser and her two deputies; youth organiser and his two deputies and treasurer and his deputy.

All the  four aspirants  who have  publicly declared their intention to contest the national  chairman position of the party picked their nominations forms when nominations opened late last week.

They are the incumbent National Chairman who is seeking re-election, Dr Kwabena Adjei;  Mr Dan Abodakpi, a former Minister and now Ambassador to Malaysia; Mr Kofi Porturphy, National Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) and Alhaji Huudu Yahaya, a former Trade Minister and General Secretary of the party.