Lydia Alhassan, 28 Others To Contest Unopposed As NPP Clears 326 For January 27 Primaries

The Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon and First Deputy Majority Chief Whip, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, Member for Damongo and Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor and Member for Tolon and Second Deputy Majority Chief Whip, Alhaji Iddrisu Habib are among 29 sitting MPs going unopposed as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) cleared 326 parliamentary aspirants for the January 27, 2024 primaries.

The party will go to the polls on January 27 to elect its parliamentary candidates in constituencies where the party has sitting Members of Parliament (MPs).

Out of the total number of 373 aspirants, who filed to contest the primaries, after vetting, 29 are going unopposed, 11 were disqualified, two were referred to the National Executive Committee (NEC), two stepped down, one incomplete form and two did not show up for vetting leaving the qualified aspirants for the primaries at 326.

The rest who are going unopposed include Member for Karaga and Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, and Member for Abetifi and Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Bryan Yaw Acheampong, Member for Okaikoi Central, Patrick Yaw Boamah; MP for Lambussie, Dr Bright Yelviedong Baligi; MP for Nandom and Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery; MP for Assin South and Deputy Minister of Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, and MP for Upper Denkyira East, Dr Festus Awuah Kwofie.

The others are MP for Bosomtwe and Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum; MP for New Juaben South and Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Michael Okyere Baafi; MP for Upper West Akyem and a Deputy Minister of Transport, Frederick Obeng Adom; MP for Ejisu and a Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr John Ampontuah Kumah; MP for Effiduasi, Dr Nana Ayres Afriyie; MP for Offinso South, Isaac Yaw Opoku; MP for Akrofuom, Alex Blankson; MP for Tano South, Dr Benjamin Yeboah Sekyere; MP for Dormaa East, Paul Apreku Twum-Barimah and MP for Sefwi Akontombra, Alex Tetteh Djornobuah.

The rest are MP for Gushegu and Deputy Minister of Transport, Alhassan Sulemana Tampuli; MP for Tatale/Sanguli and Deputy Minister of Roads and Highways, Thomas Mbomba; MP for Techiman South and Deputy Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Martin Kwaku Adjei-Mensah Korsah.

Appeals committee

An earlier statement signed and issued by the General Secretary of the NPP, Justin Kodua Frimpong, said a National Parliamentary Appeals Committee (NPAC) to decide on appeals from disqualified parliamentary aspirants would sit from Tuesday to Friday, (if any), with the deadline for the submission of appeals to the NPAC being Tuesday.