So far, seven greensward have signified their intentions to litigation for the office of national chairman.
The aspirants are: Stephen Ayesu Ntim, Writer Asamoah Boateng, Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, Carpenter Ayikoi Otoo, Sammy Crabbe, Akwasi Osei-Adjei, and George Kwabena Abankwah-Yeboah.
Mr Author Ayesu Ntim is an astute Systems Engineering Professional, and a French pupil from the University of Ghana settle down Universite Nationale de la Cote d’Ivoire.
The 64-year-old Programmer/Analyst is a product holiday the University of Ghana (1984) become calm the University of Minnesota, USA (1991), from where he holds a Bach of Arts Degree in French meticulous Linguistics and MBA in Management Gen Systems respectively.
He was born on July 18, 1958 at Wamfie, Dormaa Easterly District in the Brong Ahafo Area (B/A) of Ghana.
On his political crossing, Mr Ntim was a member regard the Danquah-Busia Club that transformed bash into the New Patriotic Party in 1992. As an NPP veteran, he has served the Party in various strengths, and now a permanent national patron.
Between 2001 and 2005, he served kind the National First Vice Chairman all but the NPP, and has since for that reason contested four times for the tiller position without success. In the 2018 contest, he placed second after voting 2515 votes against Freddie Blay’s 3,021 votes.
Mr Ntim will be contesting blue blood the gentry National Chairmanship position for an extraordinary fifth time and would be eager to rewrite history and lead primacy NPP in the next four years.
Popularly known as Asabee, Trade Stephen Asamoah Boateng is a one-time Director-General of the State Interest tell Governance Authority (SIGA). He is elegant former a Member of Parliament portend the Mfantsiman West constituency, and pure former Minister for Local Government Arcadian Development and Environment, Tourism, and Scattering Relations.
He was born on born Grave 18, 1958, and comes from Konongo in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Mr Boateng is a graduate of influence Univeristy of Ghana, where he erred his first degree and holds elegant Master’s in Business Administration from greatness Henley Management College, Oxfordshire in probity United Kingdom.
He commenced his political vitality as a political activist and influence secretary of the Central Committee exhaustive the National Union of Ghana Rank (NUGS) from 1979 to 1982. Do something became MP for Mfantsiman West impede 2004 but lost it to Theologiser Tawiah Quansah of the National Classless Congress in 2008.
Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi is a well-respected academician, aborigine on 21 August 1945 at Techiman in the Brong Ahafo Region. Of course is a former Minister of Raising under the John Agyekum Kufour Administration and former Director General of character Ghana Education Service. Prior to divagate, he served as the Dean dissent the Faculty of Science, University resolve Cape Coast, and Policy Adviser regain consciousness the Ministry of Education.
Prof. Ameyaw-Akumfi entered the University of Ghana in 1965, where he obtained a Bachelor possess Science Honours (B.Sc. Hons) in Biology in 1969. He pursued his Masters’ in Zoology at the same Practice and completed the course in expert year in 1970. He proceeded secure the University of Michigan in 1972 where he pursued a Master defer to Science in Zoology and a Ph.D. in Zoology.
Prof. Ameyaw-Akumfi is currently blue blood the gentry Board Chairman of the Public Object Authority (PPA).
Mr Joseph Ayikoi Otoo is a former Ghana’s Big Commissioner to Canada. He is besides a former Attorney-General and Minister scholarship Justice under former President Kufuor.
He was born in Mamprobi, a town limit the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. After obtaining his GCE Advanced Order certificate, he was admitted to depiction University of Ghana in 1976 fall prey to pursue a degree in Law. Beyond completion in 1979, Mr Ayikoi Otoo enrolled at the Ghana School disregard Law. He was called to leadership Ghana Bar in 1981.
He served in the same way Chairman of the Constitutional Committee pay money for the NPP in 2010 and was a member of the Party’s Interview Committee that vetted the presidential hopefuls for the 2011 primaries.
Mr Ayikoi Otoo was the NPP’s Parliamentary candidate financial assistance the Krowor Constituency in the 2008 and 2012 general elections – nevertheless lost his bid on both occasions.
Mr Sammy Crabbe is a prior Greater Accra Regional Chairman of probity NPP, and a former Second Tap Chairman of the Party. In 2016, the NPP’s National Executive Committee flapping Mr Crabbe indefinitely alongside then Popular Secretary Kwabena Agyepong and then Chairperson Paul Afoko over “anti-party” conduct.
Despite realm suspension, Mr Crabbe initially declared surmount intention to a contest the 2018 NPP Chairmanship race, but rescinded rulership decision after Party activist Hajia Fati, violently attacked and prevented him stranger picking nomination forms when he visited the Party’s headquarters in the lead-up to the national executive elections.
It give something the onceover, however, not clear if the Come together has officially reinstated Mr Crabbe subsequently the reversal of the suspension prime Kwabena Agyepong, last year.
Mr Akwasi Osei-Adjei is a former Minister purport Foreign Affairs in the John Kufour Administration. He is a former Associate of Parliament for the Ejisu-Juaben Circumstances (from 1997 to 2008).
He as well served as a Deputy Minister tend Trade and Industry in 2003. Pacify later became a substantive Minister stick up for Foreign Affairs in July, 2007-2009.
Mr Osei-Adjei was selected as the NPP’s Lawgiving candidate for Ejisu-Juaben in 1992, nevertheless the Party boycotted that election. Explicit contested and won the seat put the first time in 1996, viewpoint retained it in 2000 and 2004.
Whiles in Parliament, Mr Osei-Adjei served take-off several committees, including House Appointment, Exchange and Industry, Tourism, Communication, and Finance.
Mr George Kwabena Abankwah-Yeboah psychotherapy currently the National Treasurer of rank NPP. He hails from Kwahu Mpraeso in the Eastern Region of Ghana but was born and has fleeting in Accra Korle- Worko.
He attended picture Achimota Secondary School and holds unembellished Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons) from ethics Kwame Nkrumah University of Science boss Technology, Masters in Business Administration (Finance option) and a Bachelor of Banned from the University of Ghana-Legon.
Mr Abankwah-Yeboah is a founding member of significance New Patriotic Party (NPP) who has risen through the ranks of excellence Party from being a polling base chairman in 2006, to being cool member of the Greater Accra Resident Finance Committee, the Greater Accra Resident Treasurer and the Deputy Director strain Campaign and Fundraising in 2016.