{"id":248358,"date":"2016-09-15T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T10:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=248358"},"modified":"2016-09-15T10:00:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T10:00:59","slug":"npp-to-re-run-karaga-parliamentary-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/npp-to-re-run-karaga-parliamentary-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP to re-run Karaga parliamentary primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With barely three months to the December 7 polls, the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is compelled to re-run its parliamentary primary in the Karaga constituency of the Northern Region.<\/p>\n<p>This is because the party\u2019s 2016 parliamentary nominee for the constituency Ibrahim Basha Shaharawi has stepped down on health grounds.<\/p>\n<p>Three persons have picked nomination forms to contest the upcoming Parliamentary primary re-run.<\/p>\n<p>They are a former District Chief Executive for Karaga, Baba Wahabu, Firdaus Basha and Sulemana Iddrisu.<\/p>\n<p>The filing fee is pegged at Ghc20,000 cedis and about 400 hundred delegates are expected to elect a worthy successor to Ibrahim Basha Shaharawi.<\/p>\n<p>According to the outspoken NPP Northern Regional Chairman, Daniel Bugri Naabu, the primary is scheduled to take place in Savelugu for security reasons.<\/p>\n<p>He served notice that his administration will not tolerate indiscipline at the primary grounds and thus urged the contestants and their supporters to be obedient.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Bugri Naabu is hopeful the NPP will win the Karaga Parliamentary seat regardless of who emerges victorious at the end of the Parliamentary primary.<\/p>\n<p>He encouraged the party\u2019s members to unite behind the regional secretariat and their constituency executives to win more Parliamentary seats in the Northern Region.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With barely three months to the December 7 polls, the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is compelled to re-run its parliamentary primary in the Karaga constituency of the Northern Region. 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