The National Democratic Congress (NDC) wants to overthrow the New Patriotic Party’s eight-year rule in the 2024 elections, but first they must reassemble the NEC, which is a very unimportant subject.
Over 9000 delegates will cast their ballots for the preferred candidates for the various seats on Saturday, December 17, 2022 at the Accra Sports Stadium.
There are nine posts up for grabs with over 62 people fighting for them now that the elections for the National Women and Youth Organizers are over and Sammy Gyamfi has been appointed National Communications Officer.
Similar to elections of this kind, several posts have been designated as being the most hotly contested.
National Chairmanship Position
When it comes to whatever post is receiving media attention, the National Chairmanship race is without a doubt the best of the group.
This is due to Johnson Asiedu Nketiah’s realization that he must advance and take on the chairmanship role after serving the NDC for 17 years as General Secretary.
The only problem is that General Mosquito is running for the position currently held by Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, who is, to be fair, a strong candidate.
Although there are two more competitors, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo and Asiedu Nketiah have dominated the build-up.
Both candidates have been traveling the entire nation in an effort to win over delegates. Before audio of Asiedu Nketiah speaking to certain delegates made its way into the public, their campaign had been dominated by covert attacks.
Since then, both men have been criticizing and defending their stances in the mainstream media.
General Secretary
The fact that General Mosquito is leaving his position after all these years has made it available to potential candidates, and there could be three of them.
The three candidates are Dr. Peter Boamah Otokunor, the current Deputy General Secretary, Fiifi Fiavi Kwetey, a former Minister and Parliamentarian, and Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, a former Sports and Youth Minister and Director of Elections for the party.
Fiifi Kwetey is regarded as a more composed, diplomatic individual who will bring some calm to the post in contrast to Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, whose enthusiasm and charisma allure him to supporters. After years of working under Asiedu Nketiah, Peter Otokunor has declared himself to be the heir apparent.
National Organizer
Joshua Akamba is up against some serious competition for his job, including Chief Biney Nixon, his deputy, the former deputy minister of sports, Joseph Yamin, and Solomon Yaw Nkansah.
The two people who are thought to pose the largest obstacles to the Akamba’s attempt to keep his position are Chief Biney and Joseph Yamin.
The aforementioned portfolios’ deputy posts are also up for grabs. Voting will also take place for the NEC members and Zongo Caucus Coordinator, among other important roles.
CHAIRMAN
SAMUEL YAW ADUSEI – 1
JOHNSON ASEIDU NKETIA – 2
SAMUEL OFOSU AMPOFO – 3
NII ARMAH ASHIETEY – 4
VICE CHAIRMAN
SHERIF ABDUL-NASIRU – 1
ABANGA YAKUBU ALHASSAN – 2
DR. SHERRY AYITTEY – 3
SETH OFORI OHENE – 4
AWUDU SOFO AZOURKA – 5
ALHAJI AMADU B. SOROGHO – 6
ALHAJI HABIBU ADRAMANI – 7
EVELYN ENYONAM MENSAH – 8
GENERAL SECRETARY
ELVIS AFRIYIE ANKRAH – 1
FIFI FIAVI KWETEY – 2
DR. PETER BOAMAH OTOKUNOR – 3
DEPUTY GENERAL SECRETARY
FRANCIS LANME GURIBE – 1
CATHERINE DEYNU – 2
BARBARA SERWAA ASAMOAH – 3
GBANDE FOYO MUSTAPHA – 4
KWAME ZU – 5
BRADI PAUL OPATA – 6
EVANS AMOO – 7
NATIONAL ORGANIZER
JOSHUA HAMIDU AKAMBA – 1
HENRY OSEI AKOTO – 2
MAHDI MOHAMMED GIBRILL – 3
SIDII ABUBAKARI – 4
SOLOMON YAW NKANSAH – 5
CHIEF HAMILTON BINEY NIXON – 6
JOSEPH YAMMIN – 7
DEPUTY NATIONAL ORGANIZER
KOBBY BARLON 1
HABIB MOHAMMED TAHIRU 2
ELIKEM ERIC KEVIN KWAME KOTOKO 3
ALHAJI YAW KUNDOW 4
COMMUNICATION OFFICER
SAMMY GYAMFI
DEPUTY COMMUNICATION OFFICER
GODWIN AKO GUNN – 1
ADONGO ATULE JACOB – 2
MALIK BASINTALE – 3
KWAKU BOAHEN ANTHONY – 4
MOHAMMED NAZIRU – 5
ZONGO CAUCUS CO-ORDINATOR-
ABASS ZULKARNAIN KAMBARI – 1
HON. ALHAJI BABANLAMIE ABU SADAT – 2
MAMAH MOHAMMED COLE YOUNGER – 3
ABDUL-AZIZ MOHAMMED – 4
YAKUBU MAHMUD MUDI – 5
NEC MEMBERS
EPHRAIM NII TAN SACKEY – 1
PEREZ FERNANDEZ ARMAH LARYEA – 2
ISSAHAKU ISSAH ADEL – 3
REV. IRENE SENA AGBLEKE – 4
ABDULLAH FARRAKHAN ISHAQ – 5
MALIK ADAMA – 6
VICTORIA KUMA-MINTAH – 7
EMMANUEL EWOENAM YAO ADZOME-DZOKANDA – 8
CECILIA N. ASAGA – 9
EBENEZER EFFAH HACKMAN – 10
NAJAWA ALHAJI ISSAH – 11
STEPHEN LADZEDO – 12
ANITA ANNAN – 13
RANSFORD CHATMAN VANNI-AMOAH – 14 THOMAS AYISI KUMAH – 15 WONDER VICTOR KUTOR – 16 MOHAMMED MAMUDU – 17 ARABA TAGOE – 18 FAMOUS KWESI KUADUGAH – 19