Brong Ahafo NDC Parliamentary aspirants file nominations

Sunyani (B/A), Sept. 22, GNA – Thirty-seven National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary aspirants had filed nominations for the upcoming parliamentary primaries of the party, slated for October 1 to 30, 2011 in the Brong-Ahafo Region.

The aspirants are vying to fill the 15 orphan constituencies, which were Dormaa East and West, Sunyani East and West, Nkoranza North and South, Tano North and South, Techiman North, Asunafo North and South, Asutifi North, Berekum, Wenchi and Jaman South.

Four out of the aspirants would be elected unopposed to contest for Asunafo South, Nkoranza South, Asutifi North and Sunyani East constituencies in the 2012 parliamentary election.

They are Mr. Eric Opoku, 41, Deputy Regional Minister, who won the seat in 2004 but lost it to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate in 2008, Mr Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum, 38, and Eric Addae, 47, District Chief Executives for Nkoranza South and Asutifi as well as Mr. Philip Awuah, 58 an educationist.

Mr. Kwadwo Nyamekye-Marfo, 56, Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, who contested but lost the Sunyani West seat to an NPP candidate in the 2008 parliamentary election, had planned to contest the for seat again.

He is, however, being challenged by two other candidates, Mr. Kofi Manu, 56, and Reverend Nana Adjei Ntow, 47.

Four other aspirants are vying for the Berekum and Nkoranza North constituencies and Dormaa West, Wenchi, Tano South, Techiman North and Sunyani West and Asunafo North have three candidates each contesting, whilst Tano North, Jaman South and Dormaa East also have two candidates each contesting.

Major Boakye Djan, 68, spokesman for the erstwhile Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, and Mr. Matthew Gyasi, a former District Chief Executive for Jaman, would be vying for the Jaman South seat, while Mr. Abass Zulkarnain, would be vying for the Wenchi seat with two other contestants