Nine parliamentary aspirants in the Ashanti Region will not have the opportunity to contest in the upcoming primaries of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) on April 25, 2020.
This is because the Ashanti zone of the national parliamentary vetting committee of the party has disqualified the individuals involved after 10 days of thorough vetting of all the 121 aspiring parliamentary candidates in the region.
A memo issued by the NPP’s Ashanti Regional Secretary and Secretary to the vetting committee, Sam Pyne, in line with the party’s rules and regulations for the conduct of its parliamentary primaries did not however mention the names of the aspirants who were disqualified.
“Out of the 121 aspiring candidates, 106, comprising 12 females and 94 males, have been recommended to the National Executive Committee (NEC) for consideration; 5 aspiring candidates voluntarily withdrew from the contest; 9 aspiring candidates have not been recommended for various legitimate reasons; 14 aspiring candidates are going unopposed”, the memo announced.
Those going unopposed include MP for Suame and Majority Leader in Parliament Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu; MP for Atwima Mponua, Isaac Kwame Asiamah; MP for Manhyia South, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh; MP for Asokwa, Patricia Appiagyei; and MP for Bosomtwe, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum.
The rest are MP for Offinso, North Collins Ntim; MP for Kwabre East, Francisca Oteng-Mensah; MP for Afigya Sekyere East, Mavis Nkansah Boadu; MP for Ahafo Ano South West, Johnson Kwaku Adu; MP for Atwima Nwabiagya South, Emmanuel Adjei Anhwere; and MP for Afigya Kwabre South William Owuraku Aidoo.
The Vetting Committee extended its “appreciation to the Ashanti Regional party, constituency executives in the region, all the aspiring parliamentary candidates in the region and their supporters as well as the media for making exercise a huge success”.
The 106 recommended aspiring parliamentary candidates in the 44 constituencies of the Ashanti Region where the NPP has sitting MPs are given below:
SUAME CONSTITUENCY
1) Hon Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
SUBIN CONSTITUENCY
1) Hon Eugene Boakye Antwi
2) Joseph Boakye Danquah
3) Frank Doudo
ATWIMA NWABIAGYA SOUTH
Hon Emmanuel Adjei Anhwere
OLD TAFO
1) Dr. Louise Carole Serwa Donkor
2) Emmanuel Obeng
3) Ekow Vincent
4) Lord Inusah Lansa
5) Prince Odeneho Oppong
6) Archibold Ntiri
EJISU
1) Hon Kwabena Owusu Adoumi
2) John Kumah
3) Abena Pokua Amoah-Boatey
ASANTE AKIM CENTRAL
1) Hon Kwame Anyimadu Antwi
2) Kofi Nkansah Ofori
NHYIAESO
1) Hon Kennedy Kwasi Kankam
2) Stephen Amoah
ASANTE AKIM NORTH
1) Hon Andy Appiah Kubi
2) Kwadwo Baah Agyemang (recommended subject to the lifting of suspension by the regional party within 21 days)
KWABRE EAST
Hon Francisca Oteng-Mensah
EFFIDUASI ASOKORE
1) Hon Dr. Ayew Afriyie
2) Kwame Adom Appiah
MANHYIA SOUTH
1) Hon Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh
MANHYIA NORTH
1) Hon Collins Owusu Amankwa
2) Akwasi Konadu
AKROFUOM
1) Kwabena Pobi
2) Sarfo Maxwell
3) Mrs. Faustina Araba Boakye
4) Francis Agyei Amponsah
5) George Obeng Frimpong
6) Blankson Tetteh
BANTAMA
1) Hon Okyem Aboagye
2) Francis Asenso Boakye
ASOKWA
1) Hon Patricia Appiagyei
KUMAWU
1) Hon Philip Bosoa
2) Robert Ahomka Lindsay
3) Dr. Phillip Ababio
4) Edward Kofi Osei
AHAFO ANO SOUTH WEST
1) Hon Johnson Kwaku Adu
BEKWAI
1) Hon Joe Osei Owusu
KWADASO
1) Hon Dr. S.K Nuamah
2) Dr. Kingsley Nyarko
3) Dr. Frimpong Manu
4) Josephine Hilda Addo
OFFINSO NORTH
1) Hon Collins Ntim
ASANTE AKIM SOUTH
1) Hon Kwaku Asante Boateng
2) William Amoah
3) Bice Obuor Osei Kufour
4) Edmund Oppong Peprah
5) Eric Amofa
AFIGYA KWABRE SOUTH
1) Hon William Owuraku Aidoo
BOSOME FREHO
1) Hon Joyce Adwoa Ako Dei
2) Peter Adjei Agyeman
3) Akwasi Darko Boateng
AFIGYA SEKYERE EAST
1) Hon. Mavis Nkansah Boadu
BOSOMTWE
1) Hon Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum
NEW EDUBIASE
1) Hon George Oduro
MAMPONG
1) Hon. Kwaku Apramtwum Sarpong
2) Francis Addai Nimo
3) Ben Arthur
AHAFO ANO SOUTH EAST
1) Hon Francis Manu Adabor
OFORIKROM
1) Hon Dr. Emmanuel Marfo
2) Dr. Emmanuel Yaw Adu Amankwa
ATWIMA MPONUA
1) Hon Isaac Kwame Asiamah
ODOTOBIRI
1) Hon Emmanuel AKwasi Gyamfi
2) Anthony Mmieh
MANSO ADUBIA
1) Hon Yaw Frimpong Addo
2) Dr. Kofi Osei Afoakwa
ADANSI ASOKWA
1) Hon K.T Hammond
2) Sammy Binfoh Darkwa
OBUASI EAST
1) Hon Dr. Patrick Boakye Yiadom
2) Samuel Akwasi Owusu
3) Enock Afoakwa
OBUASI WEST
1) Hon Kwaku Kwarteng
2) Faustina Oppong Sarfo
3) Golfred Banin
ATWIMA NWABIAGYA NORTH
1) Hon Benito Owusu Bio
2) Frank Yeboah
ATWIMA KWANWOMA
1) Hon Dr. Kojo Appiah – Kubi
2) Nana Owusu Acheampong
3) Kofi Amankwa-Manu
MANSO NKWANTA
1) Hon Quarm Joseph Albert
2) Emmanuel Oppong Boakye
3) Grace Addo
4) Owusu Mensah
5) George Obeng
JUABEN CONSTITUENCY
1) Hon Ama Pomaa Boateng
2) Francis Kwabena Frimpong Owusu
3) Alexander Kofi Oppong Poku
OFFINSO SOUTH
1) Hon Ben Abdallah Banda
2) Desmond Chris Appiah
3) Dr. Isaac Yaw Poku
AFIGYA KWABRE NORTH
1) Hon Nana Marfo Amaniampong
2) Collins Adomako Mensah
3) Opoku Ware Sampson
4) Daniel Dwete Ajare
5) Peter Antwi Bosiako
6) Raymond Opoku
AHAFO ANO NORTH
1) Hon Suleman Adamu Sanid
NSUTA-KWAMAN-BEPOSO
1) Hon Kwame Asafo-Adjei
2) Alhaji Kofi Bayeh
3) Adelaid Yaa Agyeiwa Ntim
FOMENA
1) Hon Andrew Asiamah Amoako
2) Phillip Owusu Asante
