The Functional Executive Committee (FEC) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has settled on December 13, 2014 to organize the party’s national delegates’ congress.
The congress which will allow delegates’ of the party to elect new national executives will take place in Kumasi at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in the Ashanti Region.
The Committee took the decision at a meeting at the party’s headquarters in Accra on Tuesday.
[contextly_sidebar id=”7UjZaTKefIoWCpr2uyUWkl35m02sdNFR”]The congress was originally scheduled to take place on October 25, but it was postponed due to a court case brought against the party by an aggrieved member.
The aggrieved member, Njonolah Linus dragged the NDC and its executives to court for allegedly overstaying their mandated tenure of office.
Most of the regional elections of the NDC were also rocked by series of court cases, but over the weekend, the party was able to complete all outstanding regional congresses.
Per the party’s calendar, regional elections are to be completed before the national congress.
As a result, the various court cases contributed to the delay in the organization of the national congress.
The new congress date will thus enable the NDC open up nominations for persons aspiring to contest the various national executive positions.
Currently, some of the aspirants are vigorously campaigning although officially, none of them have filed their nominations.
By: Efua Idan Osam/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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