Accra, Sept. 20, GNA – The Electoral Commission (EC) has cleared 13 aspirants to contest the 2024 presidential election.
A total of 24 presidential aspirants filed their nomination forms last week to contest the December 7 polls.
The EC announced the successful aspirants in a statement signed and issued by Mr Samuel Tettey, Deputy EC Chair in Charge of Operations, on Friday.
The successful aspirants are: Dr Mahamudu Bawumia (New Patriotic Party); Mr John Dramani Mahama (National Democratic Congress); Mr Alan Kojo Kyerematen (Independent Candidate); Mr Christian Kwabena Andrews (Ghana Union Movement); Dr Daniel Augustus Lartey Jnr. (Great Consolidated Popular Party); Mr George Twum Barima-Adu (Independent Candidate), and Nana Kwame Bediako (Independent Candidate).
The rest are: Madam Akua Donkor (Ghana Freedom Party); Dr Hassan Ayariga (All People’s Congress); Mr Kofi Akpaloo (Liberal Party of Ghana); Alhaji Mohammed Frimpong (National Democratic Party); Nana Akosua Frimpomaa (Convention People’s Party), and Mr Kofi Koranteng (Independent Candidate).
A total of eleven (11) aspirants who filed their nomination forms could not meet the criteria established by the EC.
The unsuccessful aspirants are: Mr Samuel Apea-Danquah (Independent Candidate); , Ms Janet Asana Nabla (People’s National Party); Mr Desmond Kwame Abrefa (Independent); Nana Stephens Agyapong (Independent); Mr Bernard Mornah (People’s National Convention); ; Dr Paul Perko (Independent); Mr James Kwasi Oppong (Independent); Dr John Kpikpi (Progressive Alliance Ghana); Dr Sam Ankrah (Independent); Dr Nii Amu Darko (Independent), and Mr Kofi Asamoah-Siaw (Progressive People’s Party).
The EC is expected to conduct a balloting for positions Friday afternoon after a scheduled press conference.
GNA