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Press Release
Danquah Institute
August 30, 2014
NPP SPECIAL DELEGATES CONGRESS
Each Delegate will Vote for Only ONE Contestant
My attention has been drawn to a publication on
myjoyonline.com dated 29-08-2014 Time:06:08:39pm
attributed to My. Nii Ayikoi Otoo.
It states: “Mr. Ayikoi Otoo explained that the 787
delegates will have to tick five names on the ballot
after which the results will be tallied and the
successful candidates declared”.
This statement is totally wrong, false and
misleading. It should not be allowed to stand for a
moment. It should not be allowed to mislead any
delegate of the party. Whoever is responsible for
this false and baseless information should withdraw
it from the public domain with an unqualified
apology.
In the forthcoming election, Article 12 (7) (B) of
the NPP Constitution reads in plain and simple
English: “where there is more than (1) contestant,
each delegate will cast his or her vote by secret
ballot for ONE of the contestants”.
When certain persons tried to bring this strange
idea of voting for five people, the undersigned came
out with a clear reference to the Constitution to
put the so-called “controversy” to rest. The aim was
to avoid any confusion in our process. What I wrote
in my personal capacity then was published in The
Chronicle, Daily Guide, Statesman, Myjoyonline,
Citifmonline, Peacefmonline etc.
In its subsequent meeting the National Council of
the NPP unanimously after a question had been asked
and the General Secretary had reiterated the
constitutional provision in clear terms, that “every
delegate shall vote for only one person”.
This decision of the highest body aside the National
Conference cannot be contradicted by any radio or
other pronouncement as purported.
In a Good Evening Ghana interviewed with Paul Adom
Otchere, the General Secretary repeated that a
delegate will vote for one person only and that this
is the decision of the National council.
As Chairman of the Constitutional and Legal
Committee of the NPP I have a binding duty to make
the position clear so that there will be NO
confusion on Sunday. Any person who votes for more
than one person will have his/her ballot spoilt. It
cannot count. The peace and unity of the Party is
paramount and any last minute confusion should be
STOPPED.
Each delegate is required by the NPP Constitution to
choose ONE of the contestants as the person he/she
prefers. It is the total number of votes each
candidate gets that will determine who finally
emerges on the list of five.
All delegates, all supervisors of the elections etc
are to take note accordingly so as not to engage in
any unconstitutional or illegal or improper act that
will create unneeded confusion during Sunday’s
Voting.
Signed:
Hon. Prof. Mike Oquaye
Chairman
Constitutional and Legal Committee of the NPP
Tel: 0202010101 Email: appiafrica@yahoo.com |
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28% Pass In 2014
WASSCE One Of The Best—Ablakwa
ModernGhana, Aug 30, Ghanadot - A Deputy Minister
for Education in-charge of tertiary, Samuel Okudzeto
Ablakwa has described the 28.11 percent pass rate in the
West African Senior School Certificate Examination
WASSCE as one of the best performances by Ghanaian
candidates in the last decade
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No English in basic schools -
Minister tells teachers to use local language
ModernGhana, Aug 30, Ghanadot - Education
Minister, Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has asked
heads and teachers of basic schools to desist from the
use of the English language as the sole medium of
instruction in the classrooms...Heads of basic schools,
she noted, introduced English Language too early, making
it difficult to prepare students adequately for higher
academic learning......More |
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Ebola: Separating 5 Facts From
The Myths
EmpowHER, Aug 29, Ghanadot - It is important that
the facts about Ebola are separated from the myths in
order to be better educated. As Dr. Fukuda, WHO
assistant director-general for health security has
stated, “It is not mysterious. It can be stopped.”. More
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Ferguson? Return to the Bill
Cosby Pound Cake Speech
Commentary, Aug 29, Ghanadot - I’m talking about
these people who cry when their son is standing there in
an orange suit. Where were you when he was two?
(clapping) Where were you when he was twelve? (clapping)
Where were you when he was eighteen, and how come you
don’t know he had a pistol? (clapping) And where is his
father, and why don’t you know where he is? And why
doesn’t the father show up to talk to this boy?....More |
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