Politics of Saturday, 8 February 2020Source: dailyguidenetwork.comLawyer petitions NPP over nomination formsNPP's General Secretary, John Boadu, has received several petitions from disgruntled membersLawyer A. Osei-Poku has petitioned the New Patriotic Party (NPP’s) leadership at the national level to ensure the release of nomination form to him to enable him contest the party’s parliamentary Primaries within the Kwabre-East Constituency of the Ashanti Region. According to him, he has been actively involved in the NPP’s cause since 1970s in both the Kwabre-East Constituency and the Ashanti Region. He noted that despite his defeat in 2015, he has not ceased working for the cause of the ‘elephant’ party, wondering why he is being denied nomination form to contest the upcoming Primaries scheduled for April 25, 2020. The Kwabre-East Constituency Parliamentary seat is currently occupied by a member of the NPP,Francisca Oteng-Mensah. She was considered the youngest parliamentarian of the fourth republic of Ghana at the time of her election in December 2016.

Source: GhanaWeb February 07, 2020 19:18 UTC