Boakye Gyan, Abuga Pele, Ayariga Win NDC Primaries(D/G 21/11/2011)

The ruling National Democratic Congress held primaries Saturday to elect parliamentary candidates for constituencies without sitting Members of Parliament in the three northern regions, Brong Ahafo and Ashanti Region.

Messrs Mark Woyongo, Abuga Pele, Mahama Ayariga, and Ben Noah Azure won the Navrongo Central, Chiana-Paga, Bawku, and Binduri constituency seats respectively in the Upper East Region reports Benjamin Xornam Glover.
The primaries elected parliamentary candidates for constituencies without sitting Members of Parliament (MPs).

Mr. Mark Woyongo, the incumbent Regional Minister shrugged off challenge from his contenders polling 248 votes as against 109 and 5 votes respectively by Messrs Sampson T. Chiragia and Jacob Atule Adongo, a Deputy National Coordinator for the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP).

In the Chiana-Paga constituency, the National Coordinator for the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP), Mr. Abuga Pele, won against the District Chief Executive (DCE) of for Kassena-Nankana West, Mr. Thomas Dalu Adda. He polled 312 votes, while the DCE got 146 votes.

Deputy Minister for Education and former MP for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga polled 319 votes to win against Issahaku Bukari, a development worker who had 97 votes.

In the Binduri constituency, Mr Ben Noah Azure also beat four other contestants to represent the ruling party in the constituency. He had 92 votes as against 90 secured by the closest contender, Mr. Stephen Atubuga, who had 90 votes. The remaining contestants, namely, Dr. Robert A. Alem, Richard Akumbas, and Daniel Adoliba had 69, 31, and 7 votes respectively.