The Functional Executive Committee (FEC) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has established two of the 15 committees to oversee preparations for the party's forthcoming national congress, scheduled for December 2026.
The committees are the Planning and Electoral committees, each with specific responsibilities towards ensuring the effective organisation and conduct of the congress.
A statement issued in Accra last Thursday and signed by its General Secretary, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, said the 21-member planning committee will coordinate the planning and logistical arrangements for the Congress, while the 10-member electoral committee will oversee the electoral arrangements and processes in accordance with the party's constitution, regulations and established procedures.
Committee members
The planning committee is chaired by Mr Kwetey with other members as Abanga Yakubu Alhassan, Abdul Rauf Khalid, James Agalga, Joseph Yammin, Barbara Serwaa Asamoah, Mustapha Gbande Foyo, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, Sammy Gyamfi, Kobby Barlon, Hanna Bisiw, Mahdi Gibril, Alhaji Mohammed Mamah, Emmanuel S. Zumakpeh, Kofi Totobi Quakyi, Edudzi Tamaklo, Susie Afua Adoboe, Prof. Prosper Bani and Stan Dogbe.
The host regional chairman and host regional secretary are also members of the committee.
The electoral committee is chaired by Mahdi Gibrill, with Prince Ibrahim serving as secretary. Its members are Kobby Barton, Dr Peter Boamah Otokunor, Prof. Francis Dodoo, Bede Ziedeng, Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, Mohammed Atta Natogmah, Margarete Chiravira and Prof. Ibrahim Zubeiru.
It attached the respective lists of committee members for the information of party members, stakeholders and the general public.
The statement called on all relevant stakeholders to extend the necessary cooperation and support to both committees as they undertake their assigned responsibilities.
It said that, through those arrangements, the NDC sought to ensure that the National Congress was organised and conducted in “a fair, transparent and orderly manner, consistent with the party's constitutional provisions and internal regulations.
