{"id":63229,"date":"2023-12-27T17:04:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T17:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?p=63229"},"modified":"2023-12-27T16:20:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T16:20:06","slug":"here-are-the-experienced-npp-mps-who-will-not-be-in-parliament-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/here-are-the-experienced-npp-mps-who-will-not-be-in-parliament-in-2025","title":{"rendered":"Here are the experienced NPP MPs who will not be in Parliament in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong><\/span><b>The New Patriotic Party (NPP) closed nominations on December 25 for parliamentary aspirants in constituencies where it has sitting Members of Parliament (MPs).<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The election is slated for January 27, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>This is the next stage of the party\u2019s quest to have parliamentarians in all the 275 constituencies. It was preceded by the successful hosting of primaries in what the party calls orphan constituencies on December 2.<\/p>\n<p>At the close of nominations on Christmas day, some experienced members of the party did not pick forms. They have thus, voluntarily decided to end their parliamentary careers.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a list of the MP bigwigs in the 8th Parliament who have bowed out.<\/p>\n<p>Osei Kyei- Mensah-Bonsu (Suame Constituency \u2013 Ashanti Region). He has been in Parliament since 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Osei-Owusu (Bekwai Constituency- Ashanti Region). Has been in Parliament since 2009<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Atta Akyea (Abuakwa South Constituency). He has been in Parliament since 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Ghartey (Essikado Ketan Constituency). He has been in Parliament since 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy Agyapong (Assin Central Constituency). He has been in Parliament since 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Botwe (Okere Constituency). He has been in Parliament since 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Kwasi Amoako-Atta (Atiwa West Constituency). He has been in Parliemnt since 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kwaku Afriyie (Sefwi Wiaso Constituency). He has been in Parliament since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Marfo (Oforikrom Constituency). He has been in Parliament since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Benito Owusu-Bio (Atwima Nwabiagya Constituency). He has been in Parliament since 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Ahenkora (Tema West Constituency). He has been in Parliament since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Kwasi Adjei Boateng (New Juabeng North Constituency). He has been in Parliament since 2013.<\/p>\n<p>William Owuraku Aidoo (Afigya Kwabre South Constituency). He has been in Parliament since 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson Adu (Ahafo Ano South West Constituency). He has been in Parliament since 2013.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\">Ghana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) closed nominations on December 25 for parliamentary aspirants in constituencies where it has sitting Members of Parliament (MPs). The election is slated for January 27, 2024. This is the next stage of the party\u2019s quest to have parliamentarians in all the 275 constituencies. It was preceded by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[5092,5096,429],"class_list":["post-63229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-ghana","tag-ghana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Here are the experienced NPP MPs who will not be in Parliament in 2025 - Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The New Patriotic Party (NPP) closed nominations on December 25 for parliamentary aspirants in constituencies where i ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/here-are-the-experienced-npp-mps-who-will-not-be-in-parliament-in-2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Here are the experienced NPP MPs who will not be in Parliament in 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The New Patriotic Party (NPP) closed nominations on December 25 for parliamentary aspirants in constituencies where i ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/here-are-the-experienced-npp-mps-who-will-not-be-in-parliament-in-2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-27T17:04:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/12\/sm_1703681331.679587.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"468\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/here-are-the-experienced-npp-mps-who-will-not-be-in-parliament-in-2025#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/here-are-the-experienced-npp-mps-who-will-not-be-in-parliament-in-2025\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Here are the experienced NPP MPs who will not be in Parliament in 2025\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-27T17:04:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/here-are-the-experienced-npp-mps-who-will-not-be-in-parliament-in-2025\"},\"wordCount\":295,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/here-are-the-experienced-npp-mps-who-will-not-be-in-parliament-in-2025#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/12\/sm_1703681331.679587.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Ghana\",\"ghana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/here-are-the-experienced-npp-mps-who-will-not-be-in-parliament-in-2025#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/here-are-the-experienced-npp-mps-who-will-not-be-in-parliament-in-2025\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/here-are-the-experienced-npp-mps-who-will-not-be-in-parliament-in-2025\",\"name\":\"Here are the experienced NPP MPs who will not be in Parliament in 2025 - 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