By Naa Atwei Sowah
NPP has announced the opening of nominations for Parliamentary Primaries in Constituencies where the Party has no Parliamentary representations.
According to a statement by the Party’s General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong, the decision, which was approved during the Party’s National Executive Committee, NEC and National Council meetings held on Monday, April 3, approved key timelines for the primaries.
The timelines are: Opening of Nomination which is on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, and Closing of Nomination on Thursday, August 10, 2023 with Elections slated for Saturday, September, 23, to Saturday, December 2, 2023.
The statement adds that the Party has also formulated detailed Rules and Regulations to govern the conduct of the Parliamentary Primaries, which would be made available to stakeholders. It says Nomination Forms can be obtained at a non-refundable application fee of three thousand Cedis in a Bankers Draft payable at the NPP National Headquarters, Accra.
The Party noted that in the event that an aspiring Parliamentary Candidate is denied access to the Nomination Form at the Constituency Level, he or she may acquire it from the Regional or National Secretariat through an appeal or download it from the Party’s website, www.newpatrioticparty.org at a fee.
The Party further adds that, an aspiring Parliamentary Candidate must submit a non-refundable filing fee of thirty-five thousand Cedis in a Bankers Draft payable to the NPP National Headquarters, Accra in order to successfully file a nomination.
It stated that in order to promote increased representation of Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities, PWDs in higher political offices, such Aspiring Parliamentary Candidates will enjoy a fifty percent rebate of the filing fees, as such required to pay a non-refundable filing fee of Fifteen Thousand Ghana Cedis.
The Party says all payments must be made in a Banker’s Draft payable to the NPP National Headquarters, Accra.
The Party leadership emphasized that no aspiring Parliamentary candidate will be denied access to purchase nomination forms.
