NDC Closes Filing: 121 Out Of 138 Aspirants File, 4 File For Chairmanship
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has closed the filing of nominations for its national executive elections, with 121 aspirants successfully filing out of 138 who picked nomination forms.
Speaking after the close of filing at 5:00 pm on Monday, a spokesperson for the party’s elections committee, Peter Boamah Otokunor, said any individual who had not filed by the deadline is not qualified to contest and is considered disqualified, even if they had picked a nomination form earlier.
“Today marks the last day for the filing of nominations which means that any individual who has not filed this nomination by 5 p.m. today, that individual is not qualified to contest the election and that person is considered disqualified. Even though perhaps they might have picked their nomination on the 20th or 25th,” he said.
“And so by close of today we had 44, 45 individuals filed their nominations. And that means that in all, out of the 138 that we expected, 121 individuals fully complied with the regulations for the elections and have filed their nominations. So 138 picked but 121 have successfully filed,” he added.
Giving the breakdown, he said five individuals picked nomination forms to contest for National Chairman, but only four filed by the close of nominations.
“For those contesting for National Chairman we had five individuals pick nominations. By close of filing we have four individuals filed to contest for the National Chairman. So that means that one person didn’t file,” he said.
He confirmed that former National Chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, who had picked a form, declined to submit it.
“Ofosu Ampofo, for example, who really had the nomination declined to submit. And so we have four individuals who filed for the chairmanship,” he stated.
The four who filed for the chairmanship are Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, Nii Armah Ashietey, Sofo Azorka, and Akwasi Opong-Fosu.
Vetting of aspirants is scheduled for November 11 and 12, ahead of the National Delegates Congress on December 19, 2026.
