NPP regional executive aspirants rush for nomination forms

As of midday yesterday, over 11 aspirants from various constituencies had picked nominations forms from the New Patriotic Party (NPP’s) regional office in Accra to contest for various positions.

The Greater Accra Regional Coordinator of the NASARA wing of the NPP, Alhaji Amin Abu, in an interview with the GNA, indicated that the turnout by aspirants had been
encouraging.

“I am sure by close of the day more people will come and pick up forms. It is my firm belief that as a party, we are very united and we relate to one another as brothers and sisters. So far so good and everything is going on well,” he said.Alhaji Abu, who is also contesting for the same position at the national level, explained that there were some challenges with the sale of the forms to the aspirants in the Ablekuma North Constituency. He added that the national executive had set up election committees to address the issue.

“The problem now is that some of the aspirants want the forms to be sold at the regional office while others are also requesting that the forms be sold at the Ablekuma North office.

Per the intelligence information we have gathered, we have decided to sell the forms at the regional office to prevent misunderstanding,” he stated.

As a measure to avert misunderstanding during the elections, the Elections Committee had agreed to move the venue from the Ablekuma Constituency office to the regional office.

The NPP opened nominations for its members seeking positions at the regional level of the party. Nominations will close tomorrow.

After the filing of the forms, the regional level elections would be held from April 21 to 24 across the country.

Vetting would also be held from March 27 to 29, 2018 while vetting results shall be released not later than March 31, 2018.

The NPP has already held elections for its polling station and constituency executive members.