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The Electoral Commission (EC) has cleared 13 candidates to contest in the upcoming 2024 presidential election. Nine of the candidates represent political parties, while four are running as independent candidates.
Among those disqualified from the race is Bernard Mornah of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Janet Nabla, an independent aspirant, and Kofi Asamoah Siaw of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP).
The filing window for nominations, which ran from September 9 to September 13, 2024, saw a total of 24 presidential aspirants submit their nomination forms to the EC, with 12 from political parties and 12 as independent candidates.
Following a rigorous review of the nomination forms, the EC announced that 13 candidates had met the legal requirements to contest the December 7 general election. The disqualified aspirants, including Mornah, were unable to fulfill the necessary conditions.
Qualified Candidates for the 2024 Presidential Election
1. Mahamudu Bawumia – New Patriotic Party (NPP)
2. John Dramani Mahama – National Democratic Congress (NDC)
3. Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen – Independent Candidate
4. Christian Kwabena Andrews – Ghana Union Movement (GUM)
5. Daniel Augustus Lartey Jnr – Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP)
6. George Twum-Barima-Adu – Independent Candidate
7. Nana Kwame Bediako – Independent Candidate
8. Akua Donkor – Ghana Freedom Party (GFP)
9. Hassan Abdulai Ayariga – All People’s Congress (APC)
10. Kofi Akpaloo – Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG)
11. Mohammed Frimpong – National Democratic Party (NDP)
12. Nana Akosua Frimpomaa – Convention People’s Party (CPP)
13. Kofi Koranteng – Independent Candidate
The disqualification of Bernard Mornah, along with 10 others, came as a result of various irregularities in their nomination forms. Despite 39 people picking up passcodes to submit the forms, only 24 completed the process by the deadline, with two submitting after the 5 p.m. cutoff.
The EC has scheduled the balloting for positions on the ballot paper for the presidential candidates on Monday, September 23, 2024, and for parliamentary candidates on Tuesday, September 24, 2024.
