[ 2015-03-26 ]

Kennedy Agyapong Supports NPP's GHC 30,000 Filing Fee
New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament
(MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has
described as affordable GHC30,000 slapped on
aspirants seeking to contest the party’s
primaries.

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NPP
at its meeting on Monday decided to increase the
filing fees for the Parliamentary primaries.
Aspirants seeking to contest the party’s
Parliamentary primaries in constituencies with
sitting MPs will be required to pay GHC30,000.

Ten thousand Ghana cedis (GHC 10, 000) out of the
total amount will cover filing fees while 20,000
cedis will cater for the development fee.
Incumbent MPs are however exempted from paying the
development fees. However, the NEC’s decision
has touched some nerves within the party.

But the party General Secretary, Kwabena Agyapong
has defended the decision by the NEC saying the
new fees were increased due to various economic
challenges including inflation.

Speaking on Okay FM Wednesday, Mr. Kennedy
Agyapong said: “Since MP’s are capable of
purchasing anything at all they want, paying that
sum of money should not be a problem and so they
should stop complaining.

“I strongly support that amount for the filing
fee because if they can afford anything they deem
to have, then it should not call for any
complaints” he insisted.

Source - Peacefmonline

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