President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will later today, Thursday, February 20, 2020 file his nomination at the National Headquarters of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to contest the 2020 elections as the party’s presidential candidate.
President Akufo-Addo is the sole candidate to have picked forms to contest the slot at the close of nominations late last month.
It will be recalled that Mr. Victor Newman, Special Advisor to President Akufo-Addo picked nomination forms for the president late last month.
BestNewsGH.com can report that the president will be given a popular acclamation later.
General Secretary of the NPP, Mr. John Boadu averred at the time that “We have just 30 days to finish the process and there is the need for him to get signatures from all the regions…and as a true party person, he deemed it fit to quickly get it done that is why he has nominated one of his officials to pick the forms on his behalf’’’
BestNewsGH.com can confirm Mr. Boadu as positing that “He has satisfied the first rule to paying the ¢20,000 in the party’s name and we expect that before February 20, he will be able to finish filling the forms and present it with the ¢200,000 filing fees.’’
Mr. Boadu refuted allegations that the party had orchestrated the 4 More to do More slogan to ward off any interested persons who would have wished to contest the President.
“Party members are saying four more for Nana, not the party. It is not the party and we are clear about it so no one can talk about an uneven playing field. If it turns out that by close of nominations only one person who picks the form, a national congress will be organised for that one person to be acclaimed,” he opined.
Source: BestNewsGH.com
