Lawyer in private practice and New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate hopeful for the Bekwai constituency in the Ashanti Region, Ralph Poku-Adusei has secured the distribution of 5,000 improved clean cooking stoves to his constituents in the Bekwai district to mark his 41st birthday.
The gesture of the Bekwai indigene [Ralph Poku-Adusei] also forms part of his efforts to help reduce Charcoal consumption in Bekwai and in Ghana at large.
Statistics from the Ghana Energy Commission states that over 75% of Ghanaians rely on Charcoal/Firewood as their primary source of cooking fuel. Accra and Kumasi, which are the most populated urban centers in Ghana, account for 57% of all charcoal consumed in the country.
1000 units to Bekwai NPP Delegates under lawyer Ralph’s Delegates Welfare Initiative
Out of the 5,000 units, 1,000 will be given to NPP Bekwai constituency delegates [who are about 986] under Lawyer Ralph Poku-Adusei’s flagship program known as the “Delegates Welfare Initiative” (DWI).
NPP Primaries
The New Patriotic Party, in a press release dated 3 April 2023 and signed by the party’s General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong, announced that the National Executive Committee (NEC) and National Council of the party have approved the timelines for holding presidential and parliamentary primaries of the Party for the 2024 general elections.
Flagbearer race
According to the statement, the party will open nominations for its presidential primaries on 26 May 2023 and close same on 24 June 2023.
In the event that there are more than 5 applicants, the party will hold a “Special Electoral College Elections” (Super Delegates Conference) on 26 August 2023.
The National Congress to elect a flagbearer will afterward be held on 4 November 2023.
Parliamentary primaries
In the same release, the NPP also indicated that nominations for parliamentary primaries in orphan constituencies will open on 16 June 2023 and close on 14 July 2023. The elections will subsequently be held form Tuesday 1 August to Saturday 2 December 2023.
On constituencies where the party has sitting members of Parliament, the NPP says it will open nominations on Wednesday 20 December 2023 and close same on Thursday 4 January 2024. The elections will then be held on Saturday 24 February 2024.
Tipped to win
Ralph Poku Adusei, who is highly tipped to win the primaries is expected to pick his forms as soon as the nominations open for the Bekwai constituency which currently has Joseph Osei Owusu, the first deputy speaker of Parliament as the sitting MP.
The National Council of the NPP as part of measures to ensure that it brings some sanity to the party’s parliamentary primaries, has barred National, Regional, and Constituency Party Executives as well as all MMDCEs from contesting in Constituencies where the Party has sitting Members of Parliament.
