{"id":101840,"date":"2015-03-24T11:31:13","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T11:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=101840"},"modified":"2015-03-24T11:31:13","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T11:31:13","slug":"npp-parliamentary-primaries-no-man-will-contest-sitting-female-mps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=101840","title":{"rendered":"NPP Parliamentary primaries: No man will contest sitting female MPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced that it\u2019s sitting female Members of Parliament (MPs) will not be contested by male MPs in the party\u2019s upcoming parliamentary primaries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;mXsOtAnqCJC4lO3k1xgoAvCoqEV7vxFu&#8221;]According to the leadership of the NPP, only female aspirants will be allowed to\u00a0contest \u00a0the sitting female MPs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They explained that the directive is to ensure that their 17 female parliamentarians are maintained in Parliament.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">General Secretary of the NPP, Kwabena Agyepong confirmed this to <strong>Citi News.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Date for parliamentary primaries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0date for the NPP&#8217;s parliamentary <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/03\/23\/npp-parliamentary-primaries-set-for-may-24\/#sthash.RQpOqx6l.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>primaries\u00a0has been set for May 24, 2015<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0Nominations for the primaries will be opened on March 30 2015.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The date for vetting will be on\u00a0April 17 and the results of the vetting will be released on 20th and 30th April.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a related development, the NPP has further directed that some constituencies in the Ga communities including Ngleshie Amanfrom, Ledzekuku Krowor, Odododiodoo will have only Ga indigenes contesting\u00a0those areas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced that it\u2019s sitting female Members of Parliament (MPs) will not be contested by male MPs in the party\u2019s upcoming parliamentary primaries. 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