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The Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Northern Development Authority (NDA), Lawyer Sulley Sambian and the former Member of Parliament(MP) for the Bunkpurugu constituency, Solomon Boar were today November 15, 2023, ahead of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) primaries to select a suitable candidate to lead the party in the 2024 general election.
The Bunkpurugu constituency seat was snatched from the NPP by the NDC in the 2016 general elections.
In 2016, NPP’s Solomon Boar who is a former North East Regional Minister polled 14,590 votes representing 49.1% to defeat the NDC’s Bandim Abed-Nego Azumah secured 14,306 votes representing 48.1%
In 2020 however, the NDC’s Bandim Abed-Nego Azumah obtained 18,023 votes (51.4%) beating NPP’s Solomon Boar who got 16,689 votes (47.6%).
Lawyer Sulley Sambian who is well known by residents of the constituency for rendering Pro Bono services among other gestures including lobbying for developmental projects, appears to be ahead of the former lawmaker.
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