{"id":168387,"date":"2015-11-20T13:02:44","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T13:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=168387"},"modified":"2015-11-20T13:02:44","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T13:02:44","slug":"ndcdecides-northern-region-ready-for-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/11\/ndcdecides-northern-region-ready-for-primaries\/","title":{"rendered":"#NDCDecides: Northern region ready for primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All is set in the Northern Region for the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential and Parliamentary primaries slated for Saturday November 21.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One hundred and six aspirants are in the Parliamentary race and a total of 321, 845 registered NDC members are expected to queue at 740 polling stations and exercise their franchise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_6304.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-168392 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_6304.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6304\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_6304.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_6304-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nalerigu constituency recorded the highest number of polling stations pegged at 36 followed by Tamale South 31.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the NDC Northern Regional Secretary, Lawyer Rauf Khalid, Nantong and Tamale central constituencies have been identified as the flashpoints.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said security will be beefed up on the polls day to maintain law and order.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, the security agencies and the Electoral Commission were ready for the polls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lawyer Rauf told Citi News the party\u2019s regional secretariat is the designated collation centre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He invited the media to apply for accreditation and warned that unaccredited Journalist will be barricaded from the collation centre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He served notice that any failed Parliamentary aspirant seeking to contest the 2016 Parliamentary election as an independent candidate will be expelled from the party.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_6364.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-168395 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_6364.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6364\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_6364.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_6364-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the fate of Ibrahim Issahaku, a Parliamentary aspirant who was suspended in the Walewale constituency, Lawyer Rauf Khalid disclosed that he had been reinstated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President John Dramani Mahama on a campaign platform in Tamale declared zero tolerance for the emergence of independent Parliamentary candidates after the primaries.<br \/>\nAs the home region of President John Dramani Mahama, the Northern Region has 31 constituencies out of which the governing NDC can boast of 19.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Convention Peoples Party (CPP) occupies the Kumbungu Parliamentary seat whilst an independent Parliamentarian, Dahamani Alhassan is occupying the Tamale North seat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The opposition New Patriotic Party won 10 seats at the 2012 general elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All is set in the Northern Region for the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential and Parliamentary primaries slated for Saturday November 21. 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