NDC reopens nominations for northern regional executive elections

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has reopen nominations for its regional executive elections after scrapping some ambiguous guidelines for the elections. The Northern Regional Treasurer of the Party and Director of Elections, Tanko Rashid-Computer made this known in a statement posted on his facebook wall yesterday. According to the statement, the Northern Regional Secretariat of the NDC has reopen nominations for the upcoming regional conference from Monday 27th October 2014 at the Party Regional Secretariat, Tamale for five (5) working days. The said nominations shall be closed at 5 PM on Friday 31st October 2014. It added that nominations forms are sold at 100 Ghana cedis. Prospective applicants according to the statement, shall be proposed by one person, seconded by two people, witnessed by two others and endorsed by one NDC member of good standing in each of the 31 Constituencies in the region. Vetting of aspirants, Rashid-computer said, shall be announced in due course. The delay of the party’s regional executive election is as a result of a lawsuit filed against the party and its executives in September by Mr. Linus Njonolah for overstepping their mandate. Mr. Linus alleged that the executives and other members of the party’s hierarchy were using their authority to disqualify some party members from taking part in the impending regional elections which was supposed to be held in September. Interestingly, however, a Kumasi High Court today granted a joint motion filed by the party and the plaintiff, to discontinue the case after the defendant agreed to scrap the infamous guidelines referred to many as Ebola Clauses. 

Source:Saaka Alhassan