24th December 2023 1:28:32 PM
1 min readLawyer John Darko, a lecturer at the GIMPA law faculty, has submitted his nomination forms to contest the Suame constituency parliamentary primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on January 27, 2024. The Suame constituency is currently represented by the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, who has declared that he will not seek re-election in 2024.
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John Darko, an indigene of Breman within the Suame constituency, previously contested in the 2016 parliamentary primaries of the NPP, securing the third position. He was not allowed to contest in the 2020 primaries, enabling the incumbent MP to go unopposed.<img src="
alt="" class="wp-image-605095"/>John Darko holds an LL.M in Energy, Environmental, and Natural Resources from the
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University of Houston Law Centre, Texas, where he received scholarships from the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) and Rocky Mountains Minerals Law Foundation. He obtained his qualifying certificate in law (QCL) from Ghana School of Law and an LLB from the University of Ghana.
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With 13 years of experience in natural resources and environmental law, including commercial, advisory, academic, and consultancy roles, Darko has worked on projects worth several million US dollars. He is also a board member of various organizations in the oil and gas, insurance, finance, and education sectors.
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John Darko submitted his nomination forms for the Suame constituency parliamentary primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) within 24 hours of picking them up. The NPP opened nominations for parliamentary seats held by sitting Members of Parliament on December 20, with the deadline set for December 25, 2023.
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