Accra (Greater Accra) 14 July '99
The National Reform Party (NRP) has not yet received its final certificate from the National Electoral Commission.
However, the name of the party has been Gazetted since June 17, Mr Kyeretwei Opoku, Interim General Secretary of the National Reform Party, said in Accra at the weekend.
He told the Ghana News Agency in an interview in Accra that 40 days after the Gazeting it would receive the final certificate.
Mr Opoku said no adverse findings had been found against the party after it obtained a provisional certificate from the Electoral Commission in June.
He said the party has begun programmes aimed at consolidating it in the country.
These include membership drive, education on the party's strategies and awareness creation, and administrative matters.
Mr Opoku said the party has slated February 2000 for a congress to elect party leaders and presidential candidate.
He said in all its decisions and deliberations, the NRP makes gender issues priority and a special desk has been created to handle women affairs.
