{"id":253503,"date":"2016-09-29T18:59:18","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T18:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=253503"},"modified":"2016-09-29T18:59:18","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T18:59:18","slug":"akua-donkor-konadu-7-others-submit-nomination-forms-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/akua-donkor-konadu-7-others-submit-nomination-forms-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Akua Donkor, Konadu, 7 others submit nomination forms [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first day for the Electoral Commission\u2019s (EC) submission of nomination forms saw nine persons file their forms to contest as presidential candidates in the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/01c908c0-29aa-41fc-8c0d-5427d2c02bd6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-253505\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/01c908c0-29aa-41fc-8c0d-5427d2c02bd6.jpg\" alt=\"Filing of forms, EC\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aside the two candidates of the two main political parties; the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), seven other nominees presented their forms at the EC\u2019s headquarters on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Nana-Konadu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-253473\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Nana-Konadu.jpg\" alt=\"nana-konadu\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253509\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-253509\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/58e9c6d7-52e3-4484-b8f9-a52662d57759.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-253509 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/58e9c6d7-52e3-4484-b8f9-a52662d57759.jpg\" alt=\"Akua, Donkor\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-253509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Akua Donkor (L) of the GFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The others include the National Democratic Party (NDP), the United Front Party (UFP), United Progressive Party (UPP), All People&#8217;s Congress (APC), the Independent People\u2019s Party (IPP), and the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-253506\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/9e00fd48-883e-4a1f-84c8-150eb66b79e5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-253506 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/9e00fd48-883e-4a1f-84c8-150eb66b79e5.jpg\" alt=\"Kofi Akpaloo, IPP\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-253506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kofi Akpaloo of the IPP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The final nomination on the day was filed by the Reformed Patriotic Democrats (RPD), led by its Flagbearer, Kwabena Agyei.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/9c85b2ba-d0ee-4f9a-90a7-3cf16360a8e1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-253511\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/9c85b2ba-d0ee-4f9a-90a7-3cf16360a8e1.jpg\" alt=\"Filing of forms at EC\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The day begun with the NPP Flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo, presenting his forms on Thursday morning, when it emerged that the EC would not be accepting the bank drafts for the filing fees.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/nana-addo-submits-forms-5_900x600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-253347\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/nana-addo-submits-forms-5_900x600.jpg\" alt=\"nana-addo-submits-forms-5_900x600\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Amissah-Arthur-NDC-submits-nominatin-forms-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-253443\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Amissah-Arthur-NDC-submits-nominatin-forms-6.jpg\" alt=\"amissah-arthur-ndc-submits-nominatin-forms-6\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is because of a court injunction secured\u00a0by the Progressive People\u2019s Party (PPP) over the hike in the filling fees.<\/p>\n<p>The PPP\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/19\/ppp-sues-ec-over-high-filing-fees\/\">filed a suit<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0at the High Court on September 19, seeking an interlocutory injunction to prevent the EC from receiving the nominations in protest of the amount being charged.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_235362\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235362\" style=\"width: 602px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Dr.-Papa-Kwesi-Nduom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-235362\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Dr.-Papa-Kwesi-Nduom.jpg\" alt=\"PPP Flagbearer, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom\" width=\"602\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-235362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PPP Flagbearer, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The EC opened nominations earlier in\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/08\/presidential-nominees-to-pay-ghc50000-as-filing-fee\/\">September<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0, 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