NDC Tamale South parliamentary race: Haruna Iddrisu’s challenger disqualified

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The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has disqualified the only candidate challenging former minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu in the Tamale South Parliamentary race of the party.

The Northern Regional Vetting Committee disqualified Bawah Abdul Fataw, who admitted his membership had fallen short of the NDC’s guidelines for the election of parliamentary candidates of the party.

The committee found out that Fataw had not been an active member of the NDC for up to four years, which is contrary to Article 41(8)(b) of the NDC Constitution.

The Northern Regional Vetting Committee of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has also responded to the disqualified parliamentary candidate for Tamale South Constituency, Bawah Abdul Fataw, giving him reasons for their decision.

The committee said Mr Fataw admitted to being a registered voter at Nawariyya Islamic Primary School Branch in Tamale Central Constituency.

The committee headed by the Deputy National Organiser, Godwin Ako Gunn, noted that when Fataw appeared before the Vetting Committee, he admitted that he became a member of the party in 2022 in the Tamale Central Constituency at the Nawariyya Islamic Primary School Branch with membership no C142410125.

Consequently, the Northern Regional Vetting Committee of the Party informed him that he is not qualified to contest in the party’s upcoming primaries for the Tamale South Constituency.

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Fataw filed his nomination to contest the Tamale South MP, vowing to defeat him at the party’s parliamentary primaries scheduled for May 13. The young politician’s nomination stirred accusations from many NDC sympathizers in the constituency who accused unnamed detractors of the former Minority Leader of planting Mr Abdul Fataw as a deliberate attempt to stop the powerful Tamale South legislator from going unopposed.

 

Meanwhile, hundreds of NDC sympathizers thronged the party’s Northern Regional Office to witness the vetting process of Mr Haruna Iddrisu. Speaking after his vetting, Mr Iddrisu dared his opponents to contest him in the 2024 elections, saying that they cannot get more than five per cent of the votes. Iddrisu also expressed his readiness to contest the 2024 general elections and reiter candidate for the 2024 general election.

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