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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been informed by Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Dr. George Akuffo Dampare that there will be a significant police presence during the party’s impending presidential elections.
According to him, this is the result of the Ghana Police Service’s dedication to strengthening democracy in the country so that it can continue to serve as a symbol of hope for the subregion and the continent and so that people can always learn from Ghana.
The IGP was speaking at a meeting with the Electoral Commission (EC) and the NPP Presidential Elections Committee regarding preparations for the party’s attempt to choose a leader for the general elections in 2024.
“All we require from you is that you support us in order to play our roles and with that we will be able to ensure that the police, the EC will do their work and all the people who will be voting across the country will come out freely and willingly to vote and all the agents will do what they are supposed to do,” the IGP stated.
Former Speaker of Parliament Rev. Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye, the committee’s chairman, was present at the meeting along with other members of the elections committee, Justin Frimpong Kodua, the General Secretary of the NPP, Samuel Tettey, the Deputy Chairman of the EC in-charge of Operations, who led the EC’s delegation, and representatives from the various aspirants.
Dr. George Akuffo Dampare took the opportunity to thank all the political parties, especially the National Democratic Congress (NDC), for agreeing to cooperate and engage, pointing out that the Ghana Police Service had successfully carried out a similar exercise with the opposition.
“We have worked with the party for nearly two years now to position it leaders across all the levels from constituency, regional, national and now working towards electing a presidential candidate,” he said.
“The first leg we worked together and we were able to have a successful exercise We have the second leg of that exercise and we also look forward to the final leg next year as you elect your parliamentary candidates,” the Inspector-General of Police added.
On Saturday, November 4, 2023, the NPP will have its presidential primary in order to choose a candidate to represent the party in the general election of 2024.
The following people are running to be the party’s flagbearer: Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia; Former Minister of Food and Agriculture Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto; Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central Kennedy Ohene Agyapong Kennedy Agyapong; and Former MP for Mampong Constituency Francis Addai-Nimoh.
As per the instructions released by the party for the conduct of the November 4 polling, about 200,000 delegates are anticipated to cast their votes in the election. Voting will begin at 7 a.m. and end at 2 p.m.
All members of the National Council, the National, Regional, and Constituency Executive Committees, the Electoral Area Coordinators, and five polling station executives (the Chairman, Secretary, Organizer, Youth, and Women Organisers) make up the delegates for the election.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
