All five aspirants who filed nominations to contest the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primary in Ayawaso East have been successfully vetted and cleared to participate in the race.
The vetting exercise was conducted at the party’s Greater Accra Regional Office, after which the aspirants drew lots to determine their positions on the ballot ahead of the primary scheduled for February 7.
The cleared candidates, in the order of balloting, are Mohammed Ramme, the NDC Constituency Chairman; Hajia Amina Adam, widow of the late Member of Parliament; Baba Jamal Mohammed Ahmed, Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria; Yakubu Azindow; and Najib Mohammed.
Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, January 28, the NDC Greater Accra Regional Secretary, Theophilus Tetteh Chaie, commended the aspirants for their cooperation throughout the vetting process.
“We’ve also admonished them to go into the constituencies to do their needful by campaigning and ensuring that the right things are being done, just to ensure that what we started from the beginning will end successfully,” he said.
The Ayawaso East primary is being held to select the party’s parliamentary candidate ahead of the upcoming by-election in the constituency.
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