NPP Decides On Ayawaso West Wuogon Seat Today   

• Posted on December 19, 2018
• by Ellsamwise King
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The National Executive Council (NEC) of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is expected to take a decision on the vacant Ayawaso West Wuogon Parliamentary seat today, December 19, 2018, following the demise of its Member of Parliament, Emmanuel Kyeremateng Agyarko.

There has been pressure mounting on the National Executives of the party to allow particular candidates to stand as Parliamentary candidates in the upcoming by-elections.

About a fortnight ago supporters of the two wives of the late MP massed up at the party headquarters demanding that their preferred choice be allowed to run on the party’s ticket.

However, the second wife, Lydia Alhassan, subsequently denied reports that she was interested in her late husband’s seat.

The General Secretary of the NPP, John Boadu in an interview, has stated that the leadership will do what is right and in the interest of the party to ensure that it recaptures the seat, adding that they will not succumb to pressure, irrespective of where it may be coming from.

Meanwhile, reports say the NPP is shopping for a consensus candidate to win the by-election to be conducted by the Electoral Commission (EC) in the constituency.

Some retired bankers and Ato Williams, a former President of the Young Executive Forum of the party, have expressed interest in representing the NPP in the by-election.

Others are also considering Alan Kyerematen, Minister of Trade and Industry, who lives at Westland in Accra.