The Electoral Commission (EC) has set April 30 for the Ejisu by-election.
The by-election follows the demise of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for the area Dr John Kumah.
The former Deputy Finance Minister died aged 45 after short illness.
The NPP will be electing the parliamentary candidate for the by-election on Saturday, April 13, 2024
Nine persons, including three women who are members of the NPP in the Ashanti Region are eyeing the vacant Ejisu Constituency seat.
Those who have picked up nomination forms so far include former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President, Kwesi Nyantakyi; Abena Pokuaa Boaitey, popularly known as ‘Ejisu Broni’, and Portia Acheampong Abronye.
The rest are the Presiding Member (PM) of the Ejisu Municipal Assembly, Helena Mensah; the Constituency Second Vice-Chairman, Kingsley Karikari Mensah; Kwabena Boateng and a lecturer at the Akenten Appiah Menkah University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED), Dr Evans Duah, who is said to be a close friend of the late MP and highly tipped to win the seat to continue his work.
The others are Aaron Prince Duah and Maame Yaa Aboagye and there are also posters of the former MP for the area and Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwabena Owusu Aduomi, a known supporter of Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen’s Movement for Change, to contest as an independent candidate.
These nine parliamentary hopefuls have to go through the party’s vetting process before they can contest in the primary slated for Saturday, April 13, 2024.
