Accra, March 19, GNA – The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Friday, March 18, 2022, commenced processes to elect officers to steer the affairs of the Party at the various electoral areas across the country.
Per the Party’s guidelines, the electoral area elections would be held from March 18 to March 20, 2022.
There are about 5,000 electoral areas distributed among 158 districts across the country.
The Party has set up electoral area elections committees to supervise the elections.
All aspirants are required to pick nomination forms at a fee of GH¢10 from the election committee.
In the Party’s guidelines, no prospective aspirant shall be denied access to the purchase of the application forms and if denied he or she has the right to put in a petition.
According to the guidelines, which have been approved by the Party’s Council, an applicant must be a known or active member of the Party at the electoral area he or she seeks to contest.
The election committee is also required to receive completed application forms from prospective aspirants with three passport-size photographs not later than three days to the election.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency, Mr Evans Nimako, Director of Research and Elections, NPP, said the Party had made adequate provisions to ensure a successful electoral process.
He said the election committees had a responsibility to ensure that fairness prevailed to ensure smooth and peaceful elections.
“They must play to the directive of the game and provide the necessary and needed level playing field for all prospective aspirants.
“Directives, rules and regulations have been given and it is expected that they will abide by them,” Mr Nimako said.
The NPP held its polling station elections from February 19 to March 5, 2022.
The constituency executive elections will be held at the Constituency Annual Delegates Conference to be supervised by a Constituency Election Committee between April 22 and April 24, 2022.
The regional executive elections will be held between May 20 and May 22, 2022, and will also be supervised by the Regional Elections Committee.
The National Executive elections and the Annual National Delegates Conference is slated for July 14 to July 16, 2022, and will be supervised by a National Elections Committee.
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