The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) will be holding its parliamentary primaries to select its candidates for the 2024 general election in its constituencies with incumbent Members of Parliament (MPs), on Saturday, January 27, 2024.
The race is becoming interesting as some incumbent NPP MPs have accused the party’s leadership of failing to protect them from being challenged despite their contribution to the party and their experience in the Parliament of Ghana.
Some of the MPs have even accused their challengers of not being members of their constituency while others have accused their contenders of vote buying.
Most of these challengers who have been accused of wrongdoings appear to be appointees of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who are attempting to unseat some ‘powerful’ MPs.
The Office of the Special Prosecutor has even arrested one of the contenders for allegedly paying huge sums of money to the party’s delegates.
These appointees are alleged to have the full support of the party’s executive and have all the money to give the incumbent MPs they are challenging a run for their money.
Here are some of the appointees who would be giving some powerful NPP MPs hell in the primaries:
David Asante
David Asante would be challenging the incumbent Joseph Frempong to be the NPP candidate for the Nkawkaw Constituency in the Eastern Region for the 2024 elections.
Asante is the Managing Director (MD) of the Ghana Publishing Company.
This would be the second time he is trying to represent the NPP in the constituency, having failed in his attempt for the 2020 general elections.
Palgrave Boakye-Danquah
The incumbent NPP MP for Abuakwa North, Gifty Twum-Ampofo, would be fighting to be retained as the party’s parliamentary candidate for the 2024 election against Palgrave Boakye-Danquah, an appointee of President Akufo-Addo, and three other people.
Palgrave Boakye-Danquah is the government spokesperson on governance and security. This would be the first time he is contesting in the party’s parliamentary primaries.
Sheela Oppong Sakyi
Sheela Oppong Sakyi is one of two government appointees hoping to unseat the MP for Dome Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo.
She is a legal practitioner and strategist at the Office of the First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo.
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