Nana Konadu submits nomination forms (Front Page)

A FORMER first lady and a National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential aspirant, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, today returned her nomination forms to the executive of the party in Accra.
The forms, together with a GH¢10,000 nomination fee, was presented by a Vice Chairman of the NDC, Mr Kofi Adams, who is also the Spokesperson of former President Jerry John Rawlings.
The forms and fees were received by the General Secretary of the NDC, Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, in the company of the other party executive members, including the Propaganda Secretary, Mr Richard Quashigah and some administrative staff at the party’s head office.
Nana Konadu’s forms were endorsed by two executive members of the party in each of the 230 constituencies.
Present at today’s event were some members of the Friends of Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings (FONKAR) as well as supporters of the female presidential aspirant.
Notable among them were Dr Josiah Aryeh, Mr Ernest Owusu Bempah, Mr Dela Cofie, Mr Daniel Tamakloe, Ms Mildred Annan and Mr Kwabena Boadu.
After receiving the forms, Mr Asiedu Nketia said that the vetting of aspirants would take place on June 7 and June 8, 2011. He asked Nana Konadu to indicate which of the two days she would be available for vetting.
Responding to a question on what could make Nana Konadu rescind her decision to contest President J.E.A Mills, Mr Adams said she would do that only if she wanted the NDC to lose the general election.
On the question as to why Nana Konadu wanted to overturn a convention by contesting President Mills after one term, Mr Adams said the NDC was a political party which runs on a constitution and not on conventions.
On allegations of intimidation from some members of FONKAR, he said the group had adopted a strategy to deal with that issue.
The former first lady picked her nomination forms on May 3, 2011, to vie for the NDC flagbearership at a party’s congress scheduled from July 7 to July 9, 2011, in Sunyani.
Meanwhile, President Mills submitted his nomination forms to the General Secretary of the NDC on Monday, May 30, 2011.
At that event, a Spokesperson of the President’s Campaign Team, Get Atta Mills Endorsed (GAME), Ms Barbara Serwaa Asamoah, supported by the Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Ms Sherry Aryittey, and a Presidential aide, Nii Lante Vanderpuije, presented the forms on behalf of President Mills at the NDC Headquarters.
She also paid the filing fee of GH¢2,000 on behalf of President Mills.
At the close of nomination yesterday, another NDC presidential aspirant, Dr Ekow Spio Garbrah, could not submit his nomination forms which was picked on his behalf on May 10, 2011.
According his Spokeman, Alhaji Naziru Seidu, Dr Garbrah could not submit the nomination forms because he could not get the number of people required to endorse the forms.