Six Aspirants Pick Nomination Forms To Contest NDC’s Ayawaso East Primary
- The Member of Parliament for Ayawaso East, Mahama Naser Toure, died on January 4, 2026, following a short illness
- The parliamentary seat was declared vacant, and the Electoral Commission (EC) set March 3, 2026, for the by-election
- The National Democratic Congress called for aspirants to pick up their nomination forms as they prepare for parliamentary primary
Six people have gone for nomination forms to contest the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primary in Ayawaso East ahead of the March 3 by-election.
The six are Mohammed Ramme, the Ayawaso East Constituency Chairman; Hajia Amina Adam, wife of the late Member of Parliament; Baba Jamal, Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria; Dr Yakubu Azindow, Najib Mohammed Sani and Salam Daru.
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The NDC would hold the parliamentary primary for the constituency on February 7, 2025.
Rashid Tanko, the NDC's Deputy Director of Elections and IT, shared the activities that would be held ahead of the parliamentary primary.
In an interview with Accra-based Citi FM, he described the contest as an interesting one.
“At the close of nominations today, six persons picked nomination forms to contest the upcoming primaries. The wife of the late MP was the last person to pick nominations today. It is going to be a very interesting contest. The filing will be on January 27, which is Tuesday."
He stated that the party is waiting to see how many of the aspirants who picked up the nomination forms would return them, so they can move on from there.
“We are waiting to see how many of them will bring their forms,” he said.
Ayawaso East MP passes away
The late Member of Parliament for Ayawaso East, Mahama Naser Toure, died on January 4, 2026, following a short illness, leaving the parliamentary seat vacant.
Subsequently, Parliament declared the seat vacant, prompting the Electoral Commission (EC) to set a parliamentary by-election for Tuesday, March 3, 2026, to fill the vacancy in accordance with the Constitution.
Source: YEN.com.gh
