About 1,300 delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the La Dade-Kotopon Constituency are voting in a parliamentary primary to elect their party’s candidate for the December 7 election.
The delegates are choosing between Joseph Addo, President Akufo-Addo’s personal driver, and Solomon Kotey Nikoi, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the area.
The April 27 primary in the constituency comes on the back of the party’s highest decision-making body, the National Executive Committee (NEC), giving clearance following the resignation of Dr. Gerald Joseph Tetteh, the elected parliamentary candidate for the party. He cited personal reasons for his decision.
This primary is among those that were rescheduled by the party from the original January 27 date on which the general primaries were held.
In a press release dated April 19, 2024, the party wrote, “The New Patriotic Party (NPP) at its National Executive Committee meeting held on Tuesday April 9. 2024, passed the following resolutions in respect of the party’s parliamentary primaries in the…outstanding constituencies in accordance with Article 12 of the Party Constitution:
1. LA DADEKOTOPON
The National Executive Committee agreed to open nominations for the conduct of parliamentary primaries in the constituency on account of the resignation of Dr. Joseph Gerald Tetteh Nyanyofio as parliamentary candidate.
2. AKAN CONSTITUENCY
The National Executive Committee agreed to open nominations for the conduct of parliamentary primaries in the constituency on account of the passing of the late parliamentary candidate, Hon. Amb. Rashid Bawa.
3. AGONA WEST CONSTITUENCY
The National Executive Committee agreed to reinstate Mr. Joseph Afankwah as an aspiring parliamentary candidate in the constituency primaries.
4. EJISU CONSTITUENCY
The National Executive Committee adopted the Report of the Ejisu Parliamentary Vetting Comminee to clear all nine(9) aspirants who have duly filed nominations to contest in the primaries.
“The Party shall publish appropriate guidelines for the conduct of the parliamentary primaries in the outstanding constituencies,” the press release concluded.
