The New Patriotic Party has concluded its National Delegates Conference in the Greater Accra region to elect new National Executives to man the affairs of the party for the four years.
The conference marked the end of a heated campaign that took aspirants to the length and breath of Ghana, across all 275 constituencies and 16 regions to meet delegates to solicit for their votes.
Some of the positions were vacant either because the incumbent stepped down or went in for a different position and was contested for by new faces, some of whom had contest in the last elections in 2018.
Mr. Stephen Ntim, who had contested for the Chairman’s position on four occasions, won it for the fifth time after the former Chairman, Freddie Blay, decided not to run for the position again. He beat his closest contender, Mr. Asamaoh Boateng to the position after a heated campaign.
Mr. Henry Nana Boakye, who until yesterday, was the National Youth Organiser, contested for the position of National Organiser, after the incumbent, Mr.Sammy Awuku decided not to run for the position again. He beat Mr. Titus Glover to the position with about 70% vote margin.
Salam Mustafa also beat his closest contender, Fuseini Abanga and other aspirants to the position of the National Youth Organiser which was vacant.
Below are the Newly Elected National Executives National Chairman-Mr. Stephen Ntim
1st Vice Chairman– Danquah Smith Buttey
2nd Vice Chairperson-Rita Asobayire
3rd Vice Chairman-Alhaji Masawuud
General SecretaryMr. Justin Frimpong Koduah
National Organiser-Henry Nana Boakye
National Women Organiser-Kate Gyamfua
National Nasara Coordinator– Abdul Aziz Haruna Futah
National Youth Organiser-Salam Mohammed Mustafa
National Treasurer – Dr Charles Dwamena.
Key fallout
Key fallout of the election was the defeat of Mr. John Boadu, who until yesterday 16th July,2022, was the National General Secretary of the party. Mr. Justin F. Kodua won the seat with about 2,837 votes as against Mr. John Boadu Who pulled about 2,524 votes at the end of the contest.
Another fallout was the injuction placed on the students wing of the party, TESCON, from taking part in the elections. The over 100 TESCON members were denied their voting rights by the court after they had arrived at the Congress grounds.
The elected party chairman, Mr. Stephen Ntim promised that he and his executives “will work assiduously with the party to win election 2024 in conjunction with the parliamentary candidates”
The exercise in general, was successful except isolated skirmishes.
By: Simon Agana Blessing /mywordfmonline.com