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Kumawu by-election: NPP to open nomination April 13

Politics
The Kumawu by-election has been necessitated by the death of the sitting MP Philip Atta Basoah

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has approved timelines for the Kumawu by-election in the Ashanti region.

Hence the party will open nominations from Tuesday, 11 April 2023.

Nominations will be closed on “Friday, 14 April 2023” while election will be held on “Sunday, 23 April 2023,” the party announced in a statement signed by its General Secretary Justin Kodua Frimpong.

It continued that: “The party has also approved detailed Rules and Regulations to govern the conduct of the parliamentary primary election which would be made available to stakeholders.”

“Nomination forms will be available at the Constituency Party Office for purchase,” the statement added.

The Kumawu by-election has been necessitated by the death of the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) Philip Atta Basoah.

He passed away Tuesday morning, 28 March 2023, at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.

He was 53.

Source: classfmonline.com