The former Minister for Food and Agriculture and a flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, will today (Monday) begin a nationwide campaign tour, starting with the Greater Accra Region.
The two-term Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso in the Ashanti Region will first visit the Shai-Osudoku, Ningo-Prampram and Ashaiman constituencies, where he will meet with polling station executives and delegates to sell his vision for the party and Ghana to them.
On Tuesday, July 5, 2023, he will visit Domeabra-Obom, Ayawaso East and Ayawaso North constituencies, where he will convince the delegates to vote for him to become the party’s presidential candidate for the 2024 Election.
The former Minister for Food and Agriculture will then move his campaign to the Central and Eastern regions.
He will be accompanied by two Co-campaign Chairmen, Alfred Boye, a former Greater Accra NPP Regional Chairman, and KEN-WUUD Norwusu, also a former NPP Volta Regional Chairman, the National Coordinator of the campaign team, Peter Oteng Darko, and Campaign Spokesperson, Dr. Prince Sodoke Amuzu.
The New Patriotic Party, on May 26, 2023, opened nominations for its presidential primary and closed on June 24, 2023. A total of 10 aspirants contesting the flagbearer race successfully submitted their nomination forms to the party.
They are a former Minister of Energy, Mr. Boakye Agyarko; a former NPP General Secretary and Presidential Spokesperson, Mr. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong; a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Mampong, Mr. Francis Addai-Nimoh; a former Minister of State, Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku, and former Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto.
The rest are the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia; former Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen; a former Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Mr. Joe Ghartey; an energy expert, Mr. Kwadwo Opoku, and the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Mr. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong.
A Special Delegates Congress will be held on August 26, 2023, to select five of the presidential aspirants. The top five aspirants will then contest for the flagbearer slot on December 4, 2023, to lead the party in the 2024 general elections.
By Stephen Odoi-Larbi
