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Out of the 58 aspirants who picked nomination forms to contest in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primaries in 15 constituencies of the Upper East Region (UER), 50 have successfully filed their nomination forms, according to a statement released by the Upper East Communication Bureau of the NDC and signed by Mr Abdallah Jonathan Salifu, the Regional Communications Officer.
Eight aspirants withdrew, paving the way for the 50 who have filed their nomination forms.
Only two aspirants in the parliamentary primaries, Mr Clement Apaak, the Member of Parliament for Builsa South and Madam Lydia Kanvariba, the Member of Parliament for Tempane, are to go uncontested in the Region.
The Bolgatanga East and Binduri Constituencies had two contestants each, with Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, the incumbent MP for Bolgatanga East, to contest with Dr Emmanuel Aberi-inga, while Mr Issifu Mahmoud would compete with Dr Robert Kuganaab-Lem for the Binduri seat.
The remaining constituencies are heavily contested, with three or more contestants vying for the position of a parliamentary candidate. The Talensi constituency has eight contestants, the highest in the region, followed by the Zebilla constituency with seven contestants.
Pusiga, Bawku, Navrongo Central, and Chiana-Paga constituencies have four contestants each, while Nabdam, Builsa North, Bongo, and Garu constituencies have three contestants each.
According to the timetable released by the Party at its Functional and National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, the vetting of the aspirants would be held from Monday, March 27, 2023, to Wednesday, March 29, 2023. After the vetting, aspirants with issues with the vetting process could appeal from March 30, 2023, to April 6, 2023, after which the election would come off on May 13.