{"id":4449,"date":"2024-03-30T14:49:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T14:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=4449"},"modified":"2024-03-30T14:49:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T14:49:54","slug":"npp-sets-april-13-to-elect-candidate-for-ejisu-by-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=4449","title":{"rendered":"NPP sets April 13 to elect candidate for Ejisu by-election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has scheduled Saturday, April 13, 2024, for the election of a parliamentary candidate in the Ejisu constituency by-election, following the demise of MP and Deputy Finance Minister, John Ampontuah Kumah.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A statement issued by the party&#8217;s General Secretary, Mr Justin Kodua Frimpong, said interested candidates can procure and submit their nomination forms from Tuesday, April 2, to Thursday, April 4, 2024, at the constituency party office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As outlined by the NPP, aspiring parliamentary candidates must pay a non-refundable application fee of GH\u023c3,000 and a filing fee of GH\u023c35,000, payable through bankers draft to the New Patriotic Party National Headquarters in Accra. However, women, youth (aged 18-40), and Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) are eligible for a 50% rebate on filing fees, reducing their obligation to GH\u023c17,500.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The party has established an Election Committee (EC) to oversee the process, chaired by Mr. Danquah Smith Butey and vice-chaired by Mr. Bernard Antwi Boasiako, along with other members including Ms Patricia Appiagyei, Ms Martha Kodua, and Mr. Evans Nimako as Secretary.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The constituency council of elders and all constituency executives serve as ex-officio members.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NPP has also sanctioned detailed regulations for the parliamentary primary, which will be disseminated to stakeholders. The Electoral Commission is yet to announce the by-election date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classfmonline.com\/news\/politics\/NPP-sets-April-13-to-elect-candidate-for-Ejisu-by-election-50527\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has scheduled Saturday, April 13, 2024, for the election of a parliamentary candidate in the Ejisu constituency by-election, following the demise of MP and Deputy Finance Minister, John Ampontuah Kumah.&nbsp; A statement issued by the party&#8217;s General Secretary, Mr Justin Kodua Frimpong, said interested candidates can procure and submit their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,18],"tags":[1458,232],"class_list":["post-4449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","category-politics","tag-ejisu-bye-election","tag-npp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4451,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449\/revisions\/4451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}