NPP Walewale primaries: Two aspirants vetted, election rescheduled to 9 September
The NPP Walewale parliamentary election date has been rescheduled to Monday, 9 September 2024, instead of the initial date of 8 September 2024
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced that at the close of nominations, two aspirants, Mahama Tia Abdul Kabiru and Hajia Lariba Abudu Zuwera, have successfully filed and have been vetted, automatically qualifying them to contest in the Walewale rerun election due to their initial appearance on the ballot paper.
The two candidates have, however, maintain their positions on the ballot paper as arranged in the previous elections, with Hajia Lariba Abudu Zuwera at number one and Mahama Tia Abdul Kabiru at number two.
Meanwhile, the election date has been rescheduled to Monday, 9 September 2024, instead of the initial date of 8 September 2024.
This change is due to the seven-day funeral rites of the late paramount chief of the Wungu traditional area, Nazori Alhaji Saaka Sulemana, scheduled for Sunday, 8 September 2024. The vice-president and NPP presidential candidate, Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia, is expected to attend the funeral rites.
Youth agitation
However, after the vetting, the youth agitated and threatened that the suspension of three supporters the party should be reversed to allow them to vote on Monday.
The NPP National 3rd vice chairman, Alhaji Masahudu Osman, said the party’s Council of Elders will look into the matter with regards to the agitation from the youth to solve it amicably because it is an internal matter.
In an interview with Asaase News after the vetting process, Alhaji Masahudu Osman, NPP National 3rd vice chairman saidthe constituency is a safe seat for the party, despite the court case that delayed the selection of a parliamentary candidate for the 2024 elections.
“I am assuring Ghanaians that whatever, whether Lariba or [Kabiru], the Walewale seat is safe for [the] New Patriotic Party… ” Alhaji Masahudu said.
He justified why the election has been rescheduled to Monday (9 September 2024).
“The party sent it to Monday because I think there is a funeral which will come on Sunday here and then His Excellency the Vice President is visiting this constituency on Sunday. So we don’t want the voting to compromise that funeral. That is the reason why we moved the voting from Sunday to Monday,” Alhaji Masahudu said.
Reporting by Dokurugu Alhassan in the North East Region
From: Asaase Radio
