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Gingong will now have to prepare to face the incumbent NPP Member of Parliament for the area Solomon Boa.
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Gingong, who is currently a director of the National Health Insurance Authority in charge of quality assurance, polled 2,542 votes to win the primary where four more people contested with him.
The other contestants were Dr Benson Boinkum Konlan, who secured 2,271, Jagong Tahidu 1,066; Duut Abdulai had 570 votes, and Azumah Konlan polled 196 votes.
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The party delayed the primary in Bunkpurugu following a lawsuit filed against it at a Tamale High Court by one of the aspiring parliamentary candidates, Mr Namburi Berrick.
READ ALSO: NDC sets date for Bunkpurugu primary
Gingong will now have to prepare to face the incumbent NPP Member of Parliament for the area Solomon Boa. In his victory address, he called on all contestants who lost and their supporters to join forces with him to win the seat for the NDC in December.
The NDC’s Northern Regional Director of Elections, Tanko Rashid, who described the primary as “generally peaceful,” urged all party members to support the chosen nominee of the party. He also urged all party members to check their names and other details in the voters register as the exhibition process is still ongoing.
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