{"id":13470,"date":"2018-12-05T19:30:11","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T19:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=13470"},"modified":"2018-12-05T19:30:11","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T19:30:11","slug":"extend-picking-of-nomination-forms-to-dec-8-ndc-council-of-elders-proposes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=13470","title":{"rendered":"Extend picking of nomination forms to Dec. 8 \u2013 NDC Council of Elders proposes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Council of Elders of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has proposed an extension of the period for picking nomination forms which ended on Tuesday, 4th December 2018 to Saturday, to 8th December.<\/p>\n

The Council has also proposed a GHc 100,000 reduction from the GHc 400,000 set as the filing fee for flagbearer aspirants.<\/p>\n

This comes a day after some five presidential aspirants including Goosie Tanoh and Spio Garbrah, failed to beat the deadline set for picking nomination forms for the party\u2019s upcoming presidential primaries, because they had\u00a0petitioned the party<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>over the high cost of filing fees and nomination forms.<\/p>\n

The five, Ekow Spio Garbrah, Nurideen Iddrissu, Goosie Tanoh, Kojo Bonsu and Elikplim Agbemava, were unable to pick nomination forms because the party officially closed nominations on Tuesday, 4th<\/sup>\u00a0December, 2018.<\/p>\n

The proposal would now be decided on by the National Executive Council (NEC) for approval or rejection, after they meet with the functional executive committee of the party.<\/p>\n

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