NPP Delegates Conference: John Boadu, Stephen Ntim tipped to win General Secretary and National Chairman positions
The New Patriotic Party [NPP] at its National Delegates Conference today, Saturday, July 16, is expected to elect new National Executives which is crucial for the quest to ‘break the eight’.
About 6,166 delegates from various constituencies across the country are expected to converge at the stadium to elect their executives who will steer the affairs of the party in the next four years.
This includes 4,692 constituency executives, 272 regional executives, 291 TESCON Presidents, 324 external branches and 15 national patrons.
Delegates who will cast their ballots will also include 15 National Council of Elders, 20 National Executives, 60 National Council Members and 50 founding members.
The rest include 138 MPs, 23 ministers, 5 deputy ministers and 261 Municipal, Metropolitan and District Chief Executives.
According to snippets of information filtering through, there is the indication that for the General Secretary position, Mr. Justine Koduah Frimpong is likely to give incumbent John Boadu a run for his money.
As regards the Chairmanship, Mr. Stephen Asamoah Boateng, a.k.a Asabee, is proving to be the main contender of Mr. Stephen Ntim who has been eying this role since 2005. It is save to say that in the chairmanship race, no matter what happens, there will be a STEPHEN as National Chairman of NPP.
The two roles are crucial, among other things because the winners will have a table at cabinet, where they will sit with all those who matter in the Akufo-Addo-led government to decide our fate as the people of Ghana.
Reports from the Accra sports stadium, as at 9:00am on July 16, point to some deal brokering taking place behind closed-doors. This suspicion is given vent by the fact that it is very unusual for the venue of an NPP congress to be that empty at the scheduled time for the event to start.
Meanwhile, traders are cashing in on the occasion to sell party paraphernalia to the delegates as they arrive.
