The New Patriotic Party (NPP) will conduct its parliamentary primaries in all the twenty three (23) constituencies in the Central Region.<\/p>\n
However Upper Denkyira West constituency has been excluded\u00a0because the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP), Benjamin Kofi Ayeh is performing official duties outside the country.<\/p>\n
There are sixty nine (69) aspirants who have been vetted and cleared of which five (5) are going unopposed in the following constituencies; Ekumfi, Komena-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem(KEEA), Assin central, Effutu and Agona East.<\/p>\n
The NPP won seven (7) out of the twenty three (23) seats in 2012 parliamentary elections in the central region.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”6hUzq2Q3JIkcCC4WUuiyOLwMONSSHavK”]Prof. Dominic Fobi of Assin south after notching up four (4) successive terms opted out this time.<\/p>\n
Kennedy Agyapong of Assin central, Alex Afenyo Markins of Effutu and Dr. Nana Ato Atta of KEEA who are sitting MPs are going unopposed.<\/p>\n
Three(3) sitting MPs are been fiercely contested in the following constituencies; Hon. Benjamin Ayeh of Upper Denkyira West, Hon. Nana Amoako of Upper Denkyira East and Hon. Mavis Hawa Koomson of Ewutu Senya East.<\/p>\n
Eight (8) female aspirants are also contesting with the hope of becoming law makers.<\/p>\n
Delegates in Mfantseman constituency would converge on Training and Courses centre at Saltpond to cast their votes, Assin south at Methodist church, Adubeasi; KEEA at Oxford preparatory school, Kissi; Cape Coast north at Auditorium 800, UCC science; Awutu Senya west at catholic church, Senya; Ajumako Enyan Esiam at Enyanmaam; and Agona West at Town hall, Agona Swedru, just to mention a few.<\/p>\n
The Regional Secretary for the party, Kwamena Duncan told Citi news\u2019 they are fully prepared for the task of conducting the parliamentary primaries on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Below is the list of aspirants in the Central Region:<\/strong><\/p>\n MFANTSEMAN<\/strong><\/p>\n ROBERT QUAINOO ARTHUR<\/p>\n KEN KELLY ESSUMAN<\/p>\n EKOW KWANSAH HAYFORD<\/p>\n EKUMFI\u00a0<\/strong> ABURA ASEBU KWAMANKESE\u00a0<\/strong> JOB ACQUAH-MENSAH<\/p>\n ELVIS MORRIS DONKOR<\/p>\n ASSIN SOUTH CONSTITUENCY<\/strong> AUGUSTINE ABANKWAH<\/p>\n PROF. NATHAN KOBBINA AUSTIN<\/p>\n JAMES K. DAMTSE<\/p>\n ANTHONY ATTA BOSOMPEM<\/p>\n PROF. KINGSFORD ADABOH<\/p>\n ASSIN CENTRAL\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n KENNEDY OHENE AGYAPONG (INCUMBENT)<\/p>\n ASSIN NORTH\u00a0<\/strong> ELIZABETH TENKORANG<\/p>\n ABENA DUROWAA MENSAH<\/p>\n JAMES OPOKU-DARKO<\/p>\n UPPER DENKYIRA\u00a0<\/strong> NANA AMOAKO (INCUMBENT)<\/p>\n RAYMOND OFOSU-KWABE<\/p>\n RICHMOND ANANE ADABOH<\/p>\n RICHARD DODOU<\/p>\n UPPER DENKYIRA WEST\u00a0<\/strong> BEN KOFI AYEH (INCUMBENT)<\/p>\n TWIFO ATTI-MOKWAA\u00a0<\/strong> NICHOLAS AYENSU<\/p>\n HEMANG LOWER DENKYIRA\u00a0<\/strong> LAWRENCE AGYINSEM<\/p>\n BRIGHT WIREKO-BROBBEY<\/p>\n KEEA\u00a0<\/strong> CAPE COAST\u00a0<\/strong> Dr. WELLINGTON DAVID ASSAW<\/p>\n BARBARA ASHA AYISI<\/p>\n PHILIP LONGDON<\/p>\n CAPE COAST SOUTH<\/strong> GEORGE ALFRED THOMPSON<\/p>\n PERRY MENSAH<\/p>\n AWUTU SENYA WEST\u00a0<\/strong> PATRICK AMOAKOH<\/p>\n JOSEPH AIDOO<\/p>\n MOSES NKANSAH<\/p>\n GEORGE NENYI ANDAH<\/p>\n EMMANUEL EGYIRI ESSIBU<\/p>\n AWUTU SENYA EAST<\/strong> MAVIS HAWA KOOMSON (INCUMBENT)<\/p>\n EFFUTU\u00a0<\/strong> GOMOA CENTRAL CONSTITUENCY EBENEZER JOE SAM<\/p>\n EDWARD KETU CUDJOE<\/p>\n GOMOA EAST\u00a0<\/strong> RICHARD PANFORD<\/p>\n MC JEWELS ANNAN<\/p>\n SAMUEL AIKINS<\/p>\n MARCUS YAW DANSO<\/p>\n JULIANA OSEI BONSU<\/p>\n GOMOA WEST\u00a0<\/strong> LAWYER ALEX KOJO KOM ABBAN<\/p>\n WILLIAMS ABAKAH<\/p>\n KOJO ABASS ACQUAH<\/p>\n ISAAC DOOMSON<\/p>\n AJUMAKO ENYAN ESIAM<\/strong> JOHN K. AMISSAH<\/p>\n RANSFORD K. NYARKO<\/p>\n ASIKUMA ODOBEN BRAKWA\u00a0<\/strong> EMMANUEL AGYEI DOOMSON<\/p>\n AGONA WEST\u00a0<\/strong> MTHIAS AGYEI<\/p>\n AGONA EAST\u00a0<\/strong> –<\/p>\n By: Akwesi Koranteng\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The New Patriotic Party (NPP) will conduct its parliamentary primaries in all the twenty three (23) constituencies in the Central Region. However Upper Denkyira West constituency has been excluded\u00a0because the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP), Benjamin Kofi Ayeh is performing official duties outside the country. There are sixty nine (69) aspirants who have been vetted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":119083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-124387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-palaver-newspaper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/119083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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