The Electoral Commission (EC) has cleared 13 candidates for the 2024 presidential election
There are nine candidates contesting on the ticket of political parties and four independent candidates in the race.
Notable among the 11 aspirants who have been disqualified are the People’s National Convention’s (PNC), Bernard Mornah, Janet Nabla, an independent aspirant and Kofi Asamoah Siaw of the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP).
When the window for filing of nominations closed on Friday, September 13, 2024, 12 presidential aspirants standing on the ticket of political parties and 12 others who were standing as independent entities had filed their nominations with the Electoral Commission (EC) to contest the presidential slot in the December 7 general election.
“Following the successful conduct of the filing of nominations from the 9th of September to the 13th of September, 2024, the commission instituted a thorough examination of the nomination forms submitted by the candidates to ensure conformity with requirements as set out in law.” a statement issued by the EC said on Friday morning [Sept 20].
“The Electoral Commission wishes to inform the General Public that the following persons have successfully gone through the Nomination process and qualify to contest as Candidates in the 2024 Presidential Election:
CANDIDATE – PARTY/ENTITY
- Mahamudu Bawumia – New Patriotic Party (NPP)
- John Dramani Mahama – National Democratic Congress (NDC)
- Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen – Independent Candidate
- Christian Kwabena Andrews – Ghana Union Movement (GUM)
- Daniel Augustus Lartey Jnr – Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP)
- George Twum-Barima-Adu – Independent Candidate
- Nana Kwame Bediako – Independent Candidate
- Akua Donkor – Ghana Freedom Party (GFP)
- Hassan Abdulai Ayariga – All People’s Congress (APC)
- Kofi Akpaloo – Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG)
- Mohammed Frimpong – National Democratic Party (NDP)
- Nana Akosua Frimpomaa – Convention People’s Party (CPP)
- Kofi Koranteng – Independent Candidate
Disqualified aspirants
A total of 24 presidential aspirants submitted their nomination forms to the EC. From this list, 11 of them have been disqualified. And they are:
1.Janet Asana Nabla, an independent aspirant,
2. Bernard Mornah of the People’s National Convention (PNC);
3. Kofi Asamoah Siaw of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP),
4. Samuel Apea-Danquah;
5. Desmond Abrefah;
6. Nana Stephens Adjepong;
7. Paul Perkoh;
8. James Kwesi Oppong;
9. John Enyonam Kwakwu Kpikpi;
10. Dr Samuel Sampong Ankrah
11. Nii Amu Darko.
Although 39 people picked up passcodes to enable them to fill and file the presidential nomination forms, 24 submitted the completed forms as of the close of business on Friday, Sept 13, 2024.
The list, however, included two aspirants who submitted the forms after the stipulated 5 p.m. deadline, and their fate was to be decided by the EC.
The Electoral Commission (EC) opened the filing of nominations from Monday, September 9 to Friday, September 13, 2024.
Per the electoral calendar published by the EC, the balloting for positions on the ballot paper is scheduled for Monday, September 23, this year for the Presidential Election and Tuesday, September 24, 2024 for the Parliamentary Election.
Source: Graphic Online
