Four Ministers under President Akufo-Addo administration have been given the nod to go on a silver platter in the New Patriotic Party’s Parliamentary Primaries slated for 25th April 2020 in the Western Region.
Mr. Joseph Cudjoe, a Deputy Minister of Energy (Effia), Mrs. Catherine Abelema Afeku (Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira),
Mrs. Barbara Oteng Gyasi and Mr. Joseph Ghartey are going solo for the Prestea-Huni-Valley and Essikadu constituencies respectively.
The Western Regional Parliamentary Vetting Committee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has cleared 20 aspirants to contest the upcoming primaries in the Western Region.
The NPP has I69 sitting Members of Parliament out of the total 275 seats in Parliament.
The party has already elected more than 95 Parliamentary candidates who would be contesting on its ticket in orphan constituencies [areas the party does not have sitting MPs].
Nomination fees for the aspiring MPs have been pegged at GH¢2000 and GH¢20,000 for filing fees whilst that of the presidential aspirants has been pegged at GH¢20,000 as nomination fee and GH¢200,000 as the filing fee.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora