About 121 parliamentary Aspirants in the Ashanti region have filed nomination forms to contest the upcoming New Patriotic Party (NPP), parliamentary primaries in the region.
Seven (7) of them are females while, six (6) of the incumbent
MPs are contesting unopposed including Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, Deputy Minister of Education Dr. Yaw Adutwum MP for Bosomtwe constituency and Education Minister Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh among others.
The party’s decision for female incumbent MPs to contest unopposed didn’t hold as all the female MP’s in the region are being contested.
Ashanti Regional Chairman of the party Mr Benard Antwi Bosiako aka chairmanWontumi disclosed that only one incumbent female MP is contesting unopposed among all the incumbent MP’s in the region.
“The decision for the Female MPs to contest unopposed didn’t hold as at now all the female incumbent MPs are being contested except Mavis Nkasah Boadu MP for Afigya Sekyere East.
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