A Former Minister of Energy Boakye Kyeremanteng Agyarko has picked the forms to contest the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential primaries.
Supporters of Mr. Agyarko picked the forms at the party’s headquarters in Accra on his behalf Thursday morning.
The Supporters paid GH¢50,000 for the nomination forms.
Nominations were opened on Friday, May 26 and scheduled to close on Saturday, June 24.
“I think everybody has a strategy and the team of Boakye Agyarko also have our own strategy and we are very sure of emerging victorious,” Spokesperson Dr Benjamin Ashitey told journalists after picking the forms.
“We don’t mind the noises we are hearing around, we have a strategy and we are keeping to our strategy.”
Mr. Agyarko is among the fore runners seeking to lead the NPP in the lead up to the 2024 polls.
Other contenders are: Former Trades Minister, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, former Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, former Presidential Spokesperson and General Secretary of the party, Kwabena Agyepong and Kennedy Agyepong, Member of Parliament for Assin Central.
A special Electoral College will in August select five candidates for the November 4 primaries if more than five aspirants pass the vetting session.
Source Kofi Yirenkyi