NPP schedules Dec 2 for Parliamentary Primaries in Orphan Constituencies

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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has scheduled the conduct of its Extraordinary Constituency Delegates Conference for Saturday, 2nd December, 2023, to elect the Party’s Parliamentary Candidates in Constituencies where the Party has no parliamentary representation i.e. Orphan Constituencies.

This decision was taken by the Party at a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held on Friday, November 10, 2023.

Vetting of aspiring Parliamentary Candidates in these Constituencies will take place in the various regional capitals from Tuesday, 14th November, 2023, to Thursday, 16th November, 2023.

Regional Executive Committees have been directed to communicate to their respective Constituencies and aspiring parliamentary candidates the dates, time and venue for vetting.

The Extraordinary Constituency Delegates Conference shall take place in all Orphan Constituencies with the exception of the following constituencies:

1.     Ketu North

2.     Akatsi North

3.     Yilo Krobo

4.     Jomoro

5.     Fomena

6.     Bawku Central

The Party has also appointed the following persons as national representatives on the Vetting Committees for  various regions:

OTI REGION

1.     Salam Mustapha (Chairman)

2.     Dr. Asiedu Kokro

3.     Abdul Taric Bonsu

 VOLTA REGION

1.     Alhaji Masawudu Osman (Chairman)

2.     Kwadwo Afari

3.     Kwame Peter

 WESTERN REGION

1.     Alhaji Abdul Aziz Futa (Chairman)

2.     Dr. Owusu Mensah

3.     Lawyer Amo Dartey

 WESTERN NORTH REGION

1.     Isaac Jay Hyde (Chairman)

2.     Ernest Owusu Bempah

3.     Emmanuel Asamoah

BONO REGION

1.     Haruna Mohammed (Chairman)

2.     Sandra Sarkodee-Addo

3.     Akwasi Afriyie

BONO EAST

1.     Rita Asobayire (Chairperson)

2.     Dr. Ernest Owusu Kumih

3.     Miriam Awurama Duan

AHAFO REGION

1.     Michael Nketiah (Chairman)

2.     Emmanuel Senyo

UPPER EAST REGION

1.     Hajia Safia Mohammed (Chairman)

2.     Owusu Acheampong

3.     Alhaji Rashid Salifu COP

UPPER WEST REGION

1.     Joseph Nganiba Kwayaja (Chairman)

2.     Eric Ntori

3.     Daniel Opoku Agyeman

NORTH EAST REGION

1.     Kwabena Frimpong (Chairman)

2.     Kamil Abdul-Rahman Yarinaa

3.     Sulemana Abubakar (Lakulaku)

SAVANNA REGION

1.     Richard Ahiagba (Chairman)

2.     Rabi Salifu

3.     Kwame Twum

NORTHERN REGION

1.     Dr. Antoinette Tsibu-Darko (Chairman)

2.     Mogtar S. Mujtaba

3.     Dr. George Asante

ASHANTI REGION

1.     Dr. Charles Dwamena (Chairman)

2.     Nana Wiafe

3.     Elizabeth Agyeman

EASTERN REGION

1.     Henry Nana Boakye, Esq. (Chairman)

2.     Nana Obiri Boahen, Esq.

3.     Jennifer Oforiwaa Appiah

CENTRAL REGION (GROUP A)

1.     Danquah Smith Buttey (Chairman)

2.     Hajia Ayesha Yussif

3.     Ninkab King David Nkanbonam

CENTRAL REGION (GROUP B)

1.     Frank Davies (Chairman)

2.     Bodja Emmanuel Korsi

3.     Stephen Forson

GREATER ACCRA REGION (GROUP A)

1.     Justin Kodua Frimpong (Chairman)

2.     Kwame Kyeretwie-Amponsah

3.     Dr. Nyame Baafi

GREATER ACCRA REGION (GROUP B)

1.     Kate Gyamfua (Chairperson)

2.     Dr. Gladys Norley Ashietey

3.     Agya-Yaw Nsiah

The National Executive Committee has also rescheduled the date for the conduct of the Party’s Parliamentary Primaries in Constituencies where the Party has sitting MPs.

The new date for the conduct of the primaries is 20th January, 2024.

Nomination shall open on 20th December, 2023, and close on 22nd December, 2023.

The Party said it shall soon issue detailed guidelines to govern the conduct of the primaries in these Constituencies.  

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