{"id":126877,"date":"2015-06-21T15:16:57","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T15:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=126877"},"modified":"2015-06-21T15:25:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T15:25:09","slug":"ndcs-talensi-primaries-now-underway-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/06\/ndcs-talensi-primaries-now-underway-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC’s Talensi primaries now underway [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Talensi branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has now begun its parliamentary primaries to elect a candidate to represent the party in the 7th July By-election.<\/p>\n
Voting, which was scheduled to commence at 10am began at 2:30pm on Sunday due to some challenges but the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP)\u00a0which is also holding its primaries is through with voting and counting is underway<\/p>\n
The candidates contesting in the primaries are B.T. Baba, a 67-year-old retired prisons officer and former chairman of Ghana Olympics committee, Edward Awunnore, a 40-year-old District Chief Executive for Talensi and an educationist.<\/p>\n