The Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, has formally announced his intention to run in the Central Region’s Awutu Senya West constituency of the New Patriotic Party.
He announced his intention to run in a Facebook post.
Following the party’s announcement that nominations would be accepted for parliamentary primaries in orphan constituencies where it lacks representation, this has happened.
On Tuesday, July 11, and through Thursday, August 10, 2023, nominations will be accepted.
From September to December is when the elections are anticipated to take place.
In a statement, the party stated that female candidates and people with disabilities would pay half the filing fee while men would be required to pay a non-refundable filing fee of GH35,000 for parliamentary candidates.
Candidates have been urged to follow the rules set forth in the party constitution and to direct any potential complaints through the proper channels.
The National Executive Committee (NEC) and National Council of the party met on Monday, April 3, 2023, and decided to hold primaries, according to the statement.
In a related news, Richard Nyamah, deputy spokesperson for New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate Alan Kyerematen has declared his unwavering support for the former Trade Minister as the party’s nominee for president in the upcoming primary elections.
Richard Nyamah cited Alan’s outstanding basic knowledge in economics, industry, ICT and a lawyer as justifications for his support.
He continued currently Ghana needs a transformational leader who would come in and changes the way the government run the affairs of the country.
According to him, broad experience for over 30 years in politics makes Alan stands tall amongst the rest of the presidential aspirants.
Richard Nyamah stated that Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia can only become presidential unless after 2033 when Alan Kyeremanten had transformed the Ghana from the old way of doing things.
