{"id":13468,"date":"2018-12-05T19:26:59","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T19:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=13468"},"modified":"2018-12-05T19:26:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T19:26:59","slug":"ndc-council-of-elders-proposes-ghc300k-as-filing-fee-after-petition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=13468","title":{"rendered":"NDC Council of Elders proposes GHc300K as filing fee after petition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Council of Elders of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)\u00a0 has proposed a GHc 100,000 reduction from the GHc 400,000 set as the filing fee for flagbearer aspirants.<\/p>\n

The Council however maintained the cost of nomination forms at Ghc20,000.<\/p>\n

This comes after nine of the aggrieved aspirants petitioned the Council chaired by party Founder, Jerry John Rawlings, over the fee which they deemed as unreasonable.<\/p>\n

Citi News\u00a0sources say the decisions were taken at a Council of Elders meeting which sat to deliberate on a petition by some nine presidential aspirants who had complained about the high cost of filing fees.<\/p>\n

The proposal would now be decided on by the National Executive Council (NEC) for approval or rejection.<\/p>\n

The Council also proposed an extension of the period for picking nomination forms which ended in just two days to Saturday, 8th December.<\/p>\n

The Council also wants the primaries held on January 26, instead of the initial date of January 19, 2019.<\/p>\n

The NDC officially\u00a0closed nominations on Tuesday,\u00a0December 4, 2018.<\/p>\n

The General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, had indicated that the party would not extend the date for picking of nomination forms despite the protests.<\/p>\n