EC Opens Nominations For Ejisu By-Election; Candidates To Pay GH¢10,000

The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced the opening of nomination for the by-election at Ejisu Constituency in the Ashanti Region, with the filing fee set at GH¢10,000 per candidate.

The Commission stated that nominations from potential candidates will be accepted from April 16th to 18th in order to hold the election to replace the late Member of Parliament (MP) for Ejisu Constituency, Hon. Dr. John Ampontuah Kumah.

Nominations will be accepted at the Commission’s Ejisu District Office from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on each day, the EC, in a statement issued on 9th April, 2024 and signed by its Chairperson, Jean Mensah, said.

According to the Commission, the seat became vacant following the death of MP, Dr. John Ampontuah Kumah, adding that it will hold a by-election in the constituency on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in accordance with Article 112 (5) of the Constitution, as amended.

The electoral management body explained that interested candidates are required to download the nomination forms from the Commission’s website (www.ec.gov.gh) from April 9th to 18th, 2024.

“A prospective candidate may personally deliver or cause to be delivered on his/her behalf by either the proposer or seconder of his/her nomination, the completed Nomination Forms to the Returning Officer at the Ejisu District Office of the Commission, on the dates and times stated above,” the statement added.

The EC stated that each candidate’s nomination form must be witnessed by the signature or mark of two registered voters, as proposer and seconder, and supported by 18 additional registered voters in the constituency as assenting to the nominations.

The nomination forms shall also be endorsed with the candidate’s consent to the nomination, the statement noted.

It continued, “A Candidate shall at the time of submitting his/her completed Nomination Forms, provide the Returning Officer with two (2) copies of a recent post card (bust size) photograph against a red background, showing his/her full face and ears.”

The EC reiterated that the election filing fee is GH¢10,000 per candidate and that all completed nomination forms are expected to be handed in quadruplicate, urging the public to follow suit.

 

late John Kumah

The New Patriotic Party’s former Member of Parliament for Ejisu Constituency and the Deputy Minister of Finance, the late John Kumah died after a short illness in Ghana, on 7 March 2024.

The 45-year-old left behind a wife and six children.
NPP Clears Nine

Meanwhile, All Nine aspirants seeking to contest in the New Patriotic Party’s Parliamentary primary in the constituency were cleared by the vetting committee on Saturday, April 6, 2024.

The NPP opened nominations on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, and all nine had filed at the time it closed on Thursday, April 4.

The nine are; the former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President, Kwesi Nyantakyi; Abena Pokuaa Boaitey, popularly known as ‘Ejisu Broni’, and Portia Acheampong Abronye; the Presiding Member (PM) of the Ejisu Municipal Assembly, Helena Mensah; the Constituency Second Vice-Chairman, Kingsley Karikari Mensah; Kwabena Boateng and a lecturer at the Akenten Appiah Menkah University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED), Dr. Evans Duah, who is said to be a close friend of the late MP and highly tipped to win the seat to continue his work;  Aaron Prince Duah and Maame Yaa Aboagye.

NPP is expected to elect a parliamentary candidate for the constituency on Saturday, April 13, 2024.

 

Ejisu By-Election

No other political party has yet expressed interest in the by-election.

The NDC has stated that it is still considering whether to participate in the by-election.

There here are also posters of the former MP for the area and Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwabena Owusu Aduomi, a known supporter of Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen’s Movement for Change, to contest as an independent candidate.

 

 

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