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Polls
have
started
in
the parliamentary
primary
of
the
New
Patriotic
Party
(NPP)
in
the
Manhyia
South
Constituency
today,
Sunday
July
14,
2024.
The
primary
has
become
necessary
after
four-time
Member
of
Parliament
Dr
Matthew
Opoku
Prempeh
was
nominated
by
the
ruling
party’s
flagbearer,
Dr
Alhaji
Mahamudu
Bawumia
as
his
running
mate.
At
the
Saint
Louis
Training
College,
approximately
570
delegates
comprising
of
537
polling
station
executives
from
107
polling
stations,
6
electoral
area
coordinators,
5
council
of
elders,
5
patrons
and
17
constituency
executives
will
vote
at
a
special
delegates
conference.
An
overwhelming
85.5%
endorsement
from
the
National
Council
of
the
party,
confirmed
NAPO
which
made
the
July
9
outdooring
at
the
Jubilee
Park
in
Kumasi
possible.
Since
NAPO’s
exit,
four
persons
were
cleared
by
the
vetting
committee
led
by
Asokwa
lawmaker
and
Deputy
Majority
Leader,
Patricia
Appiagyei
to
contest
in
Sunday’s
primary.
As
appeared
on
the
ballot
paper;
Nana
Owusu
Afriyie
Prempeh,
a
chartered
accountant
and
manager,
institutional
reporting
at
the
Ghana
National
Petroleum
Corporation
and
brother
of
Dr
Matthew
Opoku
Prempeh
hopes
to
retain
the
ticket
and
perhaps
the
seat
in
the
Apagya
Royal
House.
The
51-year-old
is
also
the
Constituency
Financial
Secretary.
He
is
first
on
the
ballot.
Second
on
the
ballot
is
Dr
Matthew
Opoku
Prempeh’s
personal
legal
counsel,
Nana
Agyei
Baffour
Awuah.
The
legal
advisor
to
the
Ghana
Education
Trust
Fund,
has
served
in
various
capacity
in
the
NPP,
from
polling
station
to
the
constituency
level.
Latest
poll
by
Professor
Smart
Sarpong
puts
him
ahead
of
all
three
other
candidates.
He
comes
in
to
break
the
28-year
record
held
by
the
Apagya
Royal
House
as
the
holder
of
the
constituency.
Nana
Akwasi
Coker
Gyambibi
is
also
a
royal
from
the
Manhyia
Palace,
the
Kotoko
Administrator
hopes
to
break
the
jinx.
Fourth
on
the
ballot
is
James
Owusu
Boakye,
the
youngest
among
the
candidates.
The
36-year-old
is
an
Assembly
member
for
Manhyia
proper.
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