Eric Sakyi Nketiah, a 46-year-old senior lecturer in the Department of History Education at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), has withdrawn from the presidential primary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
His decision to withdraw from the contest, according to the instructor, is based on unfair treatment.
He claimed that attempts to collect nomination paperwork for the primary had been ineffective.
He claimed that although the party had opened nominations on three separate times, he was not allowed to pick up candidature paperwork at the party headquarters.
He told the media that his petition to the NPP’s General Secretary and Chairman of the National Council had not received the necessary attention.
As a result, he has withdrawn from the race to allow others to compete.
The former President of the UEW campus of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), a former patron of the UEW Governing Council and a TESCON patron at the university, made the declaration at a news conference at his residence at Akyem Swedru in April.
“I do not intend to make any pretensions about my candidacy; this is also not a campaign; it is simply a declaration of intention with a pledge to abide by all the processes the party already have in place or is about to put in place for the smooth conduct of the presidential primary to select a worthy successor to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo,” he stated.
He would have contested the race with the Vice-President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bamumia, Messrs Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, Joe Ghartey, Boakye Agyarko, Kwabena Agyei Agyapong, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Francis Addae Nimo and Dr Kofi Konadu Apraku.
His agenda
He had pledged to serve with humility, commitment to duty, punctuality, hard work and a strong belief in academic, professional and moral excellence.
He desired to help the NPP break the eight years political jinx for President Akufo-Addo to hand over the baton to him come January 7, 2025.
Mr. Nketiah had his high school education at the prestigious St Peter’s Senior High School at Kwahu Nkwatia from 1989 -1996 where he obtained the ordinary and advanced level certificates before proceeding to the University of Cape Coast in 1998.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana