The Electoral Commission (EC) has disqualified 24 parliamentary aspirants seeking to contest in the December7 polls in the Ashanti Region.
Reports say out of the 240 aspirants who filed their nominations at the close of filing last Friday in the region, only 216 were cleared to contest.
On Monday October 9, the EC, as announced by its Chair, Mrs Charlotte Osei, also disqualified 13 flag bearers for forgery, perjury, clerical and administrative errors.
Those disqualified include flag bearer of the All People’s Congress (APC), Mr Hassan Ayariga, Dr Edward Mahama of the People’s National Convention (PNC); Dr Agyenim Boateng of the United Front Party (UFP); Kofi Akpaloo of the Independent People’s Party (IPP); Kwabena Adjei of the Reformed Patriotic Democrats (RPD); and Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP).
The others include: Dr Henry Herbert Lartey of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP); Mr Richard Nixon Tetteh (United Development Systems Party); Thomas Ward-Brew of the Democratic People’s Party (DPP); Alfred Kwame Asiedu Walker, an independent candidate, and Akua Donkor of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP). Mr Akwasi Addae Odike of the United Progressive Party’s nomination is on hold pending a court case.
Source: Ghana/AccraFM.com
