The Electoral Commission has affirmed founder and leader of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom as the party’s Flagbearer for the 2016 general elections.
Affirming Dr. Nduom, the Greater Accra Regional Electoral Officer, Kwame Amoah said “at the end of the nomination processes, it is only Dr. Nduom who fulfilled the requirements. It is my duty then to affirm Dr. Ndoum as the Flagbearer.”
The affirmation was done at the party’s third National Convention being held at Trade Fair in Accra.
Dr. Nduom endorsed
The affirmation comes months after the party endorsed him as the party’s flagbearer for the 2016 elections.
The decision to present the 2012 candidate again was made at a meeting that was held in May, 2016.
The business magnate was the only person who picked forms when nominations were opened in 2015 hence the committee’s decision.
Dr. Nduom placed 3rd in the 2012 presidential election garnering 64,362 votes representing 0.59 percent. With his endorsement Dr. Nduom will come up against President John Mahama for the NDC, Nana Akufo-Addo of the NPP, PNC’s Dr. Edward Mahama, Ivor Kobina Greenstreet of the CPP and NDP’s Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings.
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By: Marian Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana