{"id":41213,"date":"2024-01-16T07:30:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T07:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=41213"},"modified":"2026-07-05T15:18:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:18:56","slug":"incumbent-npp-mps-going-unopposed-in-january-27-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2024\/01\/16\/incumbent-npp-mps-going-unopposed-in-january-27-primaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Incumbent NPP MPs going unopposed in January 27 primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday, January 27, 2024, the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) will conduct its primaries to elect parliamentary candidates in constituencies where the party has incumbent Members of Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The successful candidates will subsequently represent the party in those constituencies during the general elections in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notably, the party has already chosen candidates in constituencies without sitting MPs, referred to as orphan constituencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With 326 candidates cleared for the primaries, several sitting MPs are running unopposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below are the MPs going unopposed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Greater Accra Region:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Patrick Yaw Boamah \u2013 Okaikoi Central<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lydia Seyram Alhassan \u2013 Ayawaso West Wuogon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dakoa Newman \u2013 Okaikwei South<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Savannah Region<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samuel Abu Jinapor \u2013 Damongo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Upper West Region<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dr Bright Yelviedong Baligi \u2013 Lambussie<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ambrose Dery \u2013 Nandom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Northern Region<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alhassan Sulemana Tampuli \u2013 Gushegu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alhaji Iddrisu Habib \u2013 Tolon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mohammed Amin Adam \u2013 Karaga<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thomas Mbomba \u2013 Tatale\/Sanguli<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Central Region<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rev. John Ntim Fordjour \u2013 Assin South<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr Festus Awuah Kwofie \u2013 Upper Denkyira East<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin \u2013 Effutu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ashanti Region<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum \u2013 Bosomtwe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr John Ampontuah Kumah \u2013 Ejisu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr Nana Ayew Afriyie \u2013 Effiduase<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Isaac Yaw Opoku \u2013 Offinso South<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alex Blankson \u2013 Akrofuom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Eastern Region<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dr Bryan Yaw Acheampong \u2013 Abetifi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michael Okyere Baafi \u2013 New Juaben South<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Frederick Obeng Adom \u2013 Upper West Akyem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Western North<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alex Tetteh Djornobuah \u2013 Akontombra<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bono East<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Martin Kwaku Adjei-Mensah Korsah \u2013 Techiman South<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bono Region<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Paul Apreku Twum-Barimah \u2013 Dormaa East<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ahafo Region<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dr Benjamin Yeboah Sekyere \u2013 Tano South<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, January 27, 2024, the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) will conduct its primaries to elect parliamentary candidates in constituencies where the party has incumbent Members of Parliament. The successful candidates will subsequently represent the party in those constituencies during the general elections in December. Notably, the party has already chosen candidates in constituencies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":40554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1],"tags":[12608,6827,4553,12160,12461,11633,3791,2508,7105,13192,7455,2244,782,12868,8433,3790,5593,7255,3143,2715,2901,911,8389,2402,8390,2035,7964,2807,5725,11158,1198,5911,12834,7253,12740,11906,10936,10639,4490],"class_list":["post-41213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-abetifi","tag-abu-jinapor","tag-accra","tag-adutwum","tag-afenyo","tag-ahafo","tag-ahafo-region","tag-alhaji","tag-ambrose-dery","tag-amin-adam","tag-ashanti","tag-ashanti-region","tag-assin-south","tag-ayawaso","tag-bono","tag-bono-region","tag-central-region","tag-damongo","tag-dr-yaw-osei-adutwum","tag-eastern-region","tag-ejisu","tag-election","tag-michael-okyere-baafi","tag-mps","tag-new-juaben-south","tag-new-patriotic-party-npp","tag-north","tag-northern-region","tag-okyere-baafi","tag-orphan","tag-parliament","tag-patrick","tag-rev-john-ntim-fordjour","tag-samuel-abu-jinapor","tag-tetteh","tag-the-general","tag-unoppose","tag-upper-west","tag-western-north"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41214,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41213\/revisions\/41214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}