THE RULING New Patriotic Party (NPP) has postponed its impending constituency primaries nationwide to Saturday, 24 February, 2018.
The primaries were originally scheduled to take place from February 21 to Saturday, February 24th but a statement issued by the Acting General Secretary of the ‘elephant’ party, John Boadu, stated that primaries would now be held from February 24th to 27th.
According to the statement, “This decision has been necessitated by a number of compelling reasons, including some important commitments of the party, government as well as the party’s Members of Parliament in the august house, all of which coincide with the original dates for the Constituency Annual Delegates’ Conference, otherwise known as the constituency primaries.
“Notice is therefore served on all and sundry, especially the various Constituency Elections Committees (CECs), candidates, delegates and indeed, every stakeholder of the party, to act accordingly.”
The statement continued, “For the avoidance of doubt, the NPP wishes to once again state that the 2018 Constituency Annual Delegates’ Conference of the party would now be held from Saturday, 24th February to Tuesday, 27th February, 2018.”
The party apologized for any inconvenience the postponement might have caused.
BY Melvin Tarlue