Alan Kyerematen, former Trades and Industry Minister and New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate has announced preparations to begin touring in the Greater Accra region on Tuesday, July 4, 2023.
Mr Kyerematen highlighted his creative approach to constituency visits after being vetted by the Prof. Mike Oquaye-led vetting Committee in Accra.
He aims to cluster constituencies, bringing party executives together not just inside their own constituency, but also among other constituencies within the cluster, according to him.
This approach attempts to energise the party’s ranks and build solidarity among members and officials, with the ultimate objective of winning the general elections in 2024.
“From tomorrow, I will start my constituency tours in Greater Accra. I have decided that I will introduce innovation into my constituency tours by clustering constituencies for the purposes of bringing our party executives together not just within their own constituencies but a few other constituencies in the cluster that will help energise the rank and file of our party,” he stated.
The Committee’s vetting procedure is slated to review 10 people from Monday, July 3 through Thursday, July 6.
Following the vetting, a special delegates conference with 900 delegates will be held to reduce the number of candidates to five, assuming that the committee approves more than five of the 10 candidates to run in the election.
Kwadwo Poku, Alan Kyerematen, and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia are scheduled to be vetted today.
Meanwhile, Kwadwo Poku believes he will be among the first five candidates to attend the superdelegates summit.
Before going before the committee, the businessman expressed confidence that he would receive committee approval and make it through the special delegates’ meeting.
“I hope to make an impression on the vetting committee. The vetting committee is supposed to assess your ability to be fit for president of this nation and to lead the party I think I fit the criteria and qualify and fit more than 100 per cent so it is not an issue of qualification which we qualify,” he stated.
Mr Poku stated that anybody who chose and filed the applications is eligible, thus he is confident that none of the ten would be rejected.
“Anybody who picked and submitted the form qualifies, it would have to be up to the vetting committee what sort of questions they would ask and seek clarifications. But I don’t really expect that any of the 10 people who picked and submitted their forms will be disqualified,” he said.
