Alhaji Rashid Bawa Secures First Spot For Akan Primaries

Alhaji Rashid Bawa

 

Ghana’s High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji Rashid Bawa, has secured the first spot on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Akan Constituency parliamentary primaries ballot paper.

Mr. Tassah Abubakar Safiwu, a farm manager, got the second spot, while Alhaji Tanko Issifu Yakubu, a business consultant with the Volta Lake Transport Limited, occupied the third spot on the ballot paper.

Mr. Bashiru Sabitiou Yeziru, the Akan NPP Constituency Director of Research and Elections, disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview at Kadjebi in the Oti Region.

He said the balloting for the positioning on the ballot paper took place at Dambai, the Oti Regional capital, on Tuesday, November 14 after the three aspirants were vetted.

The Director of Research and Elections said the election would be held on December 2, and that a total of 632 delegates were expected to vote during the Extraordinary Constituency Conference.

He called on the aspirants to be decorous in their campaigning as it was a family contest.

A Daily Guide Report