A senior lecturer at the Kumasi Technical University, Dr. Solomon Kwarteng Forkuo, has asked the New Patriotic Party to throw out some aspirants who have decided to contest in their impending flagbearer election.
Without mentioning names, Dr. Solomon Kwarteng Forkuo stated on Wontumi TV that the number of aspirants should be ceded to 3 and the rest thrown out because they would be wasting the time of Ghanaians and the party members.
“The party needs to advise those amongst the aspirants who know they would not make any impact in the election. A lot of them won’t make any meaningful impact. They are just worrying the party and Ghanaians”, he said.
He also used the platform to call on the party to have an early congress. He stated that it is of importance because an early congress would offer the party ample time to market their next flagbearer.
“They would also be able to resolve every issue that comes up after the congress”, he shared in an opinion monitored by Wontumionline.com.
The National Council of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP) is expected to meet today, February 02, 2023, to decide on timelines for flagbearer and parliamentary elections.
Earlier reports attributed to the Council said the party had set November 2023 to elect its presidential candidate, January 2024 to elect parliamentary candidates for constituencies with sitting NPP Members of Parliament (MPs) and April 2024 for constituencies without sitting NPP MPs.
But in a statement, the NPP said timelines for the internal polls were yet to be concluded. It added that at the National Council’s last meeting, it was unable to finalize discussions on some proposed dates for the conduct of the primaries.
