One presidential aspirant has bowed out of the race to become the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as nominations were closed on June 24,
The Director of Elections, Evans Nimako, revealed that 10 people have successfully filed their nomination forms.
Mr. Nimako indicated that one person who picked nomination forms, Nana Oppong Odeneho, in a letter to the elections committee, communicated his decision to withdraw from the race before the close of the exercise.
“Eleven people picked nomination forms. As we speak, 10 of them have filed. So far, for the 10 people, per the party’s timelines, the vetting committee, chaired by former Speaker of Parliament Mike Oquaye, will begin their vetting from the 3rd to 6th of July,” he noted.
The Member of Parliament for Essikado-Ketan, Joe Ghartey, was the last to submit his presidential nomination forms on Saturday, June 24.
He added that when the vetting process ends, the party will get to know whether there will be a special electoral college or otherwise.
“In the party’s arrangement, if we happen to have five of them being recommended (by the vetting committee), then there will be no special electoral college,” he explained.
His comment comes after 10 candidates filed their nomination to participate in the NPP’s presidential primaries in November.
Here is the list of candidates:
The candidates are Dr Mahmudu Bawumia, Joe Ghartey, Alan Kyerematen, Boakye Agyarko, Dr Konadu Apraku, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Kwadwo Poku, Kennedy Agyapong, Kwabena Agyapong and former MP Francis Addai Nimo.