News:
May 3, 2011
The Flag bearer of the NPP Nana Akufo Addo, and National Officers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will soon embark on a nationwide tour to all constituencies in which the just held parliamentary primaries were held, in an effort to forge unity among losing and winning candidates.
The national officers have dedicated the month of May 2011, for this exercise which is very important for the cohesion of the largest opposition party which is yearning for power.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Saturday 30th April organized its parliamentary primaries to elect new crop of persons to contest on the ticket of the NPP during the 2012 parliamentary elections.
The keenly contested primaries brought in its wake a lot of casualties, as some party big wigs including Balado Manu, Maxwell Kofi Jumah and Elizabeth Sackey lost their seat, a development which came as a surprise to some political analysts.
A number of high profile women on the other hand including Ursula Owusu, Frances Asiam and Adwoa Safo won slots in the Ablekuma North, Adentan and Dome /Kwabenya constituencies respectively in a keenly contested election.
As is typical of every electoral exercise, the just ended elections which was widely acclaimed as free and fair had its fair share of controversies with some of the losing candidates petitioning the party to look into some irregularities, which is believed if not addressed quickly may affect have dire consequences.
The party executives have since taken a proactive step to address all such concerns and also clamour for unity among all victors and villains.
Story by : Kwadwo Anim/ghanamps.gov.gh