NDC confirms Dzifa Gunu’s disqualification from La Dadekotopon constituency secretary race

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has confirmed the disqualification of Ghana Digital Centres Limited Chief Executive Officer Dzifa Gunu from contesting the party's La Dadekotopon Constituency Secretary position.

The party's Acting Director of Elections and IT, Mahdi Gibril, told Citi News that the Greater Accra Regional Elections Committee had formally communicated the decision to Mr Gunu.

“I know the regional elections committee have written to disqualify him,” Mr Gibril said.

According to him, the decision was based on Mr Gunu's failure to resign from his position at least six months before submitting his nomination, as required under the NDC's election guidelines.

“Those who didn’t make the criteria of the party guidelines are disqualified. Those that have been disqualified have the opportunity to appeal. Dzifa Gunu had filed, he appeared before the vetting committee and there was a petition that until the time he was filing, he had not resigned. Per our guidelines, one has to resign for six months before filing,” he said.

Mr Gibril explained that Mr Gunu had argued that his appointment was made by an appointing authority and that he had submitted his resignation letter to that authority.

He said the former aspirant was subsequently given an opportunity to provide evidence of his resignation but instead wrote to seek clarification on his status without attaching the requested documentation.

Mr Gunu has since appealed the decision and is seeking to have the disqualification overturned.

Meanwhile, Mr Gibril announced that the NDC's online portal for prospective candidates to obtain nomination forms for the constituency elections will open on Tuesday, October 6, and close on October 8.