{"id":384055,"date":"2017-12-17T10:12:18","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T10:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=384055"},"modified":"2017-12-17T15:10:06","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T15:10:06","slug":"delegates-arrive-in-kumasi-for-npp-conference-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=384055","title":{"rendered":"Delegates arrive in Kumasi for NPP Conference [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Delegates of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) have begun arriving in Kumasi from across the country for the party’s extraordinary National Delegates Conference.<\/p>\n

They have been joined by supporters and sympathisers of the NPP, some of whom turned up in the Ashanti Regional capital as early as Saturday.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Clad in party attire, the Delegates took their seats at the Heroes Park, as they awaited the commencement of the event.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Organizers of the Congress, as part of efforts to ensure the health of the over 20,000 expected delegates, have mounted several mobile hand sanitizer stands to avert any bacterial and viral infections during the event.<\/p>\n

The event has also provided an opportunity for dozens of traders who have lined up the streets leading to the Park selling party paraphernalia.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The NPP deferred the amendment of its constitution to the extraordinary national delegates conference when it held its Annual National Delegates Conference in August.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Indications are that, some members of the party have called for a review of the party\u2019s electoral college system to ensure that the same number of delegates who vote for the party\u2019s national executives, also vote for the selection of their presidential candidate.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Some NPP members have also reportedly called for a review of requirements for qualification to the constituency and regional executive position.<\/p>\n

They want only persons who have gone through the ranks of the party at the local level, to be given the chance to vie for such positions.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Disagreement over amendments<\/strong><\/p>\n

Already, there have been a number of concerns raised over some of the proposed amendments to the Constitution.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

For instance, the NPP-USA branch, this week, issued a strongly-worded statement accusing some persons in the party of hijacking the process.<\/p>\n

No room for division<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
The Acting National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay, has called on delegates to ensure that they resolve any lingering issues they might have before they leave the Conference.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Mr. Blay said the NPP can take a step closer to retaining power in the 2020 general elections if the Conference is conducted in a peaceful manner.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a family gathering; a meeting to see how best to ensure that our party is strong and formidable for future elections,\u201d Mr. Blay said.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Delegates of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) have begun arriving in Kumasi from across the country for the party’s extraordinary National Delegates Conference. They have been joined by supporters and sympathisers of the NPP, some of whom turned up in the Ashanti Regional capital as early as Saturday. Clad in party attire, the Delegates […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":384027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,11],"tags":[3,221,56,10551],"class_list":["post-384055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-top-stories","tag-ghana-news","tag-kumasi","tag-npp","tag-npp-delegates-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384055","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=384055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/384027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=384055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=384055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=384055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}