Just in:NPP PC hopefuls to pay a-non-refundable filing fee of Gh₵35k only for constituencies with incumbent MPs

Our Ref: NPP/HQ/OGS/ UPPECIMP

For Immediate Release

 

 

*December 11, 2023.

UPDATE ON PARLIAMENTARY PRIMARIES ELECTION FOR CONSTITUENCIES WITH INCUMBENT MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

 

 

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) wishes to bring to the attention of all stakeholders some additional information regarding the conduct of the upcoming Parliamentary Primaries Election in constituencies with incumbent Members of Parliament.

1. Nominations will open on Wednesday, December 20, 2023 and close on Monday, December 25, 2023.

2. No Aspiring Parliamentary Candidate shall be denied access to the Nomination Forms.

3. An Aspiring Parliamentary Candidate denied access to the Nomination Forms at the Constituency level shall purchase same at the Regional Secretariat and if denied, same maybe downloaded from the Party’s website (www.newpatrioticparty.org)

4. Forms printed from the party’s website shall be submitted to the General Secretary at the National Secretariat of the Party.

5. Aspiring Parliamentary Candidates who download Nomination Forms from the Party’s website shall show proof on submission that they were denied an opportunity to purchase same at both Constituency and Regional levels.

6. The Extraordinary Constituency Delegates’ Conference for the election of Parliamentary Candidates shall be held on Saturday, January 27, 2024.

7. Nomination forms shall be sold at Three Thousand Ghana Cedis (Gh ₵3,000) only.

8. Aspirants shall pay a-non-refundable filing fee of Thirty-Five Thousand Ghana Cedis (Gh ₵35,000) only.

 

1. Women, persons with Disability and the youth shall be granted a fifty percent (50%) rebate on the filing fees. For emphasis, youth comprises individuals between the ages of eighteen and forty (18-40) years.

2. Aspirants shall pay a-non-refundable Development Fee of Forty Thousand Ghana Cedis (Gh ₵40,000) only.

3. All payments shall be made by Bankers Draft to the NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA.

4. There shall be a National Parliamentary Appeals Committee to decide on appeals from disqualified Parliamentary Aspirants from Wednesday, January 10, 2024, to Friday, January 12, 2024 (if any).

5. The deadline for the submission of appeals to the National Parliamentary Appeals Committee will be Tuesday, January 9, 2024.

6. Detailed Rules and Regulations for the Parliamentary Primaries will be attached to the Nomination Forms and will be made available to Aspiring Parliamentary Candidates upon purchase of forms.

The leadership of the Party reiterates its commitment to free, fair and transparent Parliamentary Primaries and counts on the support of all stakeholders.

Thank you.

 

JUSTIN KODUA FRIMPONG

GENERAL SECRETARY