The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced that it would be holding its Electoral Area Coordinators elections from March 18-20, March, 2022.
It indicated that in order to increase access to nomination forms, the party has resolved to upload the forms for the upcoming elections on its website for interested members to download for free via the link: newpatrioticparty.org/npp-form.
Speaking at a news conference in Accra yesterday, the governing party’s General Secretary, Mr John Boadu added that the nomination forms can also be downloaded from the official social media platforms of the party including its Facebook and twitter accounts.
“Members who download the Forms will however be required to submit the completed Nomination Forms to the respective Polling Stations and Electoral Area Elections Committee, whereupon they would be required to pay the cost of filing, which is GH¢50.00.
“Notwithstanding the resort to this online system, at least 5 hardcopies of the Nomination Forms will also be made available at each Electoral Area, for interested members.
“The Party also wishes to emphasize that for purposes of this electoral area elections, no new electoral areas shall be created in any constituency. Accordingly, the existing Electoral Areas shall be maintained, in spite of any provisions to the contrary”, Mr John Boadu reiterated.
Schedules for polls
Opening and closing of Nominations – Monday 14th to Tuesday 15th March, 2022
Vetting of Aspirant – Wednesday, 16th March, 2022
Appeals, if any – Thursday, 17th March, 2022
Election of Electoral Area Coordinator – 18th to 20th March, 2022
Aggrieved aspirants
Mr John Boadu said the prospective aspirants who feel aggrieved at any point in the process must exhaust all available internal dispute resolution mechanisms in accordance with Article 4 of the party’s constitution and the decision of the National Executive (NEC) shall be final.
“Finally, the Party, while commending its grassroots for showing great enthusiasm in the polling station elections, wishes to appeal to those aggrieved in the course of the exercise, to use the laid down time-tested grievance procedures of the Party to seek redress. This is the only Party we have, and we owe it to our forebears and our conscience to protect and defend the good name of the Party at all times.
“It is the only way we can show that we are loyal and patriotic members of this oldest political tradition in Ghana and West Africa. Let us do right to all in the supreme interest of our beloved party, and for the love God and country,” the NPP General Secretary concluded.
Violence condemned
NPP has also condemned pockets of violence and mudslinging that characterised the polling station elections held across the country.
Mr John Boadu said the party has “observed with grave concerns and revulsion, the pockets of disturbances including in some cases, verbal attacks and physical confrontations witnessed in some of the constituencies. Without mincing words, the Party, once again, condemns all such unfortunate acts and misconducts which have sought to bring the name of the Party into disrepute”.
He said as a disciplined and law abiding political tradition, “we expect all our members to use the Party’s laid down grievance and dispute procedures to seek amicable resolutions to their grievances rather than resorting to such unorthodox means which only brings embarrassment to all of us”.
