{"id":20290,"date":"2014-05-23T07:52:58","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T07:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=20290"},"modified":"2014-05-23T08:48:52","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T08:48:52","slug":"npp-to-open-flagbearership-nominations-on-june-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/npp-to-open-flagbearership-nominations-on-june-6\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP to open flagbearership nominations on June 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The opposition New Patriotic Party will on June 6 open nominations for the party\u2019s flagbearership contest.<\/p>\n<p>This decision was taken at the NPP\u2019s heated National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held on Thursday at the party\u2019s headquarters in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>However, there will be another meeting next week to discuss and approve modalities for the nominations and the way-forward.<\/p>\n<p>Information available to <strong>Citi News<\/strong> indicated that some of the national executives proposed opening nominations December this year or early next year.<\/p>\n<p>But majority of the NEC members especially from the various regions strongly disagreed and called for early flagbearership congress.<\/p>\n<p>The majority side was convinced that organizing early flagbearership contest will create room for unity.<\/p>\n<p>This in their estimation will boost the party\u2019s electoral fortunes in 2016 as the leadership is desperate to wrestle power from the governing \u00a0National Democratic Congress (NDC) \u201cat all cost?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The meeting which was expected to be a happy Krukrudites meeting turned gaga when some of the national executives appeared autocratic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citi News<\/strong> also gathered that the NPP got broke after the Tamale congress.<\/p>\n<p>High profile NPP bigwigs who attended Thursday\u2019s crunch NEC meeting were the party\u2019s two times Presidential candidate, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Ado and his trusted twice running mate, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia and former President John Agyekum Kufuor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>\/strong<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The opposition New Patriotic Party will on June 6 open nominations for the party\u2019s flagbearership contest. 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