The incumbent National Democratic Congress MP, Mr Jonathan Nii Tackie
Komme and two others have filed their papers to contest for the
Odododiodioo slot in this year’s election when nomination closed on
Monday.
Speaking
to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Accra, the Constituency Chairman, Mr.
Daniel Nii Okai, said the two other contestants were Mr Benjamin Okai,
former Constituency Vice Chairman and Mr Walid Anyetei Laryea, a
businessman, who filed their nomination on Saturday.A fourth person who collected forms, Mr Abbas Cofie, had not submitted his papers when nomination closed.
He
said that all the four who declared their intention to contest and
collected the forms paid the fee of 50 Ghana Cedis each for the papers,
adding that, the three who filed their papers, including the MP paid
the 1,000 Ghana cedis in non-refundable bank draft each as nomination
fee when the submitted their filled forms.
Mr Okai explained
that, after the submission of the forms, the contestants would be
vetted by the Constituency and Regional executives together to find out
their suitability and approved by the National Executive Committee
(NEC) based on the recommendation of the Vetting Committee.
He
stated that after the NEC scrutiny and approval a date for a
Constituency Delegates Conference would be fixed to decide on who would
contest the elections as the Parliamentary Candidate of the NDC.
The
Constituency Chairman explained further that Mr Benjamin Okai tendered
in his resignation as the Vice Chairman to contest for the NDC slot in
line with the party’s regulation.
Mr Tackie Komme, who was
accompanied by branch executives who had endorsed his nomination
presented his papers with the bankers draft and party card, to the
Constituency Chairman.Speaking before the presentation, Mr
Festus Bekoe, Constituency Vice Chairman, stressed the need for party
discipline to ensure that the NDC retained the seat.
He
stressed the neutrality of the executives in the campaign before the
delegates’ conference to create “a level playing field” for all of the
contestants and enumerated the problems militating against the smooth
running of the constituency office.
Nii Tackie Komme promised to ensure that the office operated in a congenial atmosphere until the end of his tenure in December.He
stated that he decided to run again following appeals by many branch
executives and party members for him to continue in appreciation for
his work as an MP.
Source: GNA