NPP race: Afriyie Akoto submits nomination forms today
A flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto is expected to submit his nomination forms at the party’s headquarters in Asylum Down in Accra, today, Monday, June 19, 2023.
The former Agric Minister will then address the media after filing his forms.
Dr Akoto’s nomination forms were picked on his behalf by a group of farmers and friends on May 29, 2023, as a sign of support for his presidential ambition.
He is in the NPP race with party stalwarts including the Member of Parliament for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong, Mr Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, the immediate past Minister of Trade and Industry, Kwabena Adjei Agyapong, a former General-Secretary of the Party, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice-President of Ghana, and Joe Ghartey, the Member of Parliament for Essikadu-Ketan and former Minister of Railway Development.
The rest are Boakye Agyarko, former Minister of Energy, Prof. Addai Nimoh, former MP for Mampong, Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku, a former Minister of Trade and Industry, and Kwadwo Nsafoa Opoku, an expert in energy and related matters.
A Special Delegates Congress will be held on August 26, 2023, to select five of the presidential aspirants.
The top five aspirants will then contest for the flagbearer slot on December 4, 2023, to elect one to lead the party in the 2024 general elections.
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