POLITICS

Sammy Gyamfi pooh-poohs NPP primaries

    National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sammy Gyamfi has lashed out at the New Patriotic Party (NPP) over the manner in which its primaries were conducted on Saturday. He said the entire exercise was conducted in “an environment where those who could afford the biggest pecuniary or monetary inducements carried the …

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Kicking out incumbent MPs a good omen for NPP – Mac Manu

    The New Patriotic Party’s Campaign Manager for the 2020 election, Peter Mac Manu has observed that kicking out some incumbent Members of Parliament(MPs) is a good omen for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) ahead of the December 2020 election. Political Analysts have argued that kicking out experienced incumbents and especially …

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NPP condemns altercations during parliamentary primaries

    The ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP) has strongly condemned the incidents of altercations that occurred in some of its polling stations during its parliamentary primaries to elect Parliamentary candidates for the 2020 elections. Describing the incidents as unacceptable, a statement issued by National Chairman, Freddie Blay said “the party …

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NPP Primaries: Ama Sey rejects Akwatia results

    Member of Parliament for Akwatia in the Eastern Region, Mercy Adu Gyamfi, popularly called Ama Sey, has rejected the results of the ruling NPP parliamentary primaries in the constituency. According to Ama Sey who unseated NDC’s Baba Jamal in the December 2016 parliamentary elections, there were electoral malpractices during the voting …

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NPP primaries: List of MPs who retained their seats

  The parliamentary primaries of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) held on Saturday, June 20, 2020, was characterised by surprise losses for some incumbent Members of Parliament. However, some sitting MPs remained unaverred by their determined challengers. For instance, MP for Dome Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, retained her seat after a …

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Adolescents must have reproductive health benefits under NHIS

  Mr. Nii Ankonu Annorbah-Sarpei, Director of Programmes, Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR) has urged the government to ensure that adolescents enjoyed some health benefits under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS. He said the benefits should provide adolescents in the country the opportunity to have access to a …

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Assembly Members Praise Mahama For His Pledge To Pay Them Salaries

    Some concerned assembly members in the Bono Region have showered praises on Former President John Dramani Mahama for including them in his plans once elected as President on December 7. My News Ghana reports Assembly Members have been abandoned in the government’s payroll despite their immense contribution to grassroots development. …

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‘Chop Chop’ MP mocked on social media after heavy defeat

    Daniel Okyem Aboagye, the incumbent Member of Parliament for Bantama in the Ashanti Region has been trolled by Ghanaians on social media after he lost his re-election bid in the NPP parliamentary primaries held today, June 20, 2020. According to some Ghanaians, his inability to develop his constituency …

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Full results of NPP Primaries as ‘Big Boys’ fall

    The New Patriotic Party on Saturday held its Parliamentary primaries across the country ahead of the 2020 parliamentary elections. In total there were 374 aspirants contesting in 168 constituencies. There were 325 men and 51 women contesting. Notable names such Mark Assibey Yeboah, William Quaitoo and Eastern regional …

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List of big casualties in NPP Primaries

    Parliament has lost some of its fine brains in the just-ended New Patriotic Party (NPP), Primaries across the country. The New Patriotic Party held its parliamentary primaries in constituencies where the party had sitting Members of Parliament(MPs) across the country to elect candidates ahead of the December 7 …

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‘Father’ and ‘son’ win NPP candidacy slot

    Spokesperson of Education Minister, Ekow Vincent Assafuah, has emerged victorious in the just-ended New Patriotic Party (NPP) primaries. He is now the party’s representative for the Old Tafo parliamentary seat in the upcoming general elections. Mr. Assafuah polled some 299 votes, the highest among his other four contenders; Dr. Louise …

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Sunyani East NPP Chairman Chased With Guns

  The Sunyani East Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party(NPP), Mr. Frank Musah Damtarrh was in the early hours of today, GhanaXtra.Com can report The incident happened when Mr. Damtarrh was returning from a private meeting around 1:30 am. The assailants reportedly vowed to show the Chairman where “power …

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Asenso-Boakye beats Bantama MP to book ticket for election 2020

  Deputy Chief of Staff at the presidency, Francis Asenso Boakye has unseated the Member of Parliament for Bantama, Daniel Okyem Boakye, to represent the New Patriotic Party in the December 2020 parliamentary polls. He polled 456 votes in the Saturday primary as against the 122 secured by Mr Okyem …

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NPP Primaries: Ofoase Ayirebi affirms Oppong Nkrumah

    All 450 delegates across 25 electoral areas in the Ofoase Ayirebi Constituency of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), have acclaimed incumbent Kojo Oppong Nkrumah as their candidate for the 2020 elections. The acclamation comes weeks after nominations closed in the constituency and saw the first-term MP as …

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EC official sacked over NPP parliamentary primaries

    The Electoral Commission has sacked an electoral officer of Adjen Kotoku Kojo at Ga West Municipal District of the Greater Accra Region for breaching specific instructions. The said official is said to have counted and announced the results of the polling station in the ongoing New Patriotic Party …

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