The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Functional Executive Committee has extended the window for submitting candidacy papers for the upcoming constituency elections.

In a statement released today (Thursday, September 22, 2022), the NDC claimed it has extended the deadline due to difficulties some of its members had encountered around the nation.

On Thursday, September 22, 2022, the selection of the nomination forms was supposed to come to a close.

The party has nevertheless added two additional days to the deadline, thus the new expiration date is now Saturday, September 24, 2022.

According to the party, all other processes on the approved internal elections timetable remains unchanged.

It further directed all Constituency Secretariats of the party to take note of the extension of the deadline and comply accordingly.

Below is the statement

For Immediate Release:

22nd September, 2022

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR PICKING OF NOMINATION FORMS.

The Functional Executive Committee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has taken notice of widespread concerns from various parts of the country over the picking of nomination forms for the upcoming Constituency elections.These concerns have centered around network and other challenges relative to the download of forms.

In view of this, FEC has effective today, extended the deadline for picking of nomination forms by an additional two days, to end on Saturday, 24th September, 2022. All other processes on the approved internal elections timetable of the party remains unchanged.

All Constituency Secretariates of the party should take note of this directive and comply accordingly.

Signed,

Johnson Asiedu Nketiah

(General Secretary)