{"id":16703,"date":"2014-05-06T15:15:42","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T15:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=16703"},"modified":"2014-05-06T15:23:18","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T15:23:18","slug":"stop-illegal-campaigning-npp-to-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/stop-illegal-campaigning-npp-to-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop illegal campaigning \u2013 NPP to members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Greater Accra Regional Branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is warning party members who have parliamentary ambitions in the region to suspend campaigning till the party opens nominations.<\/p>\n<p>The party says it has received numerous reports of aspirants engaging in illegal campaigning even before nominations open.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to<strong> Citi News<\/strong>, the Vice Chairman of the party in the Greater Accra Region, Albert Okyere said the party will be forced to sanction such aspirants if the warning is not heeded to.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the party does not \u201cwant anything to be a source of confusion or whatsoever at any level and at anytime in the party\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Okyere indicated it has come to the notice of party officials that \u201cpeople have issued out campaign materials and are going round. We have a few items from some constituencies and we think if we don\u2019t halt it now, it will cause confusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The party is feverishly preparing for the 2016 general election after it successfully elected its national executives last month.<\/p>\n<p>The new executives are expected to steer the affairs of the party and ensure victory for them in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>After the party\u2019s national delegates\u2019 congress in Tamale, attention quickly turned towards the flagbearer slot of the party.<\/p>\n<p>Some NPP stalwarts have openly made their intentions known to contest the flagbeareship position of the party.<\/p>\n<p>It is therefore, not surprising that some party members are also busily engaging in underground campaigning in a bid to represent their constituencies at the Parliamentary level elections.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osamidan\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @osamidan<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Greater Accra Regional Branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is warning party members who have parliamentary ambitions in the region to suspend campaigning till the party opens nominations. 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