EC gives Hassan Ayariga's APC provisional certificate

Emmanuel Tornyi 16:15 - 10 February 2016

Presenting the certificate to APC, Mr Amadu Sulley, however, warned the party not to go beyond what provisionally certified parties could do.

The 2012 presidential candidate of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Hassan Ayariga has been given a provisional license for his

The Electoral Commission on Wednesday, February 10, 2016, provisionally certified the APC at the headquarters in Accra.

A Deputy Chairperson of the EC Amadu Sulley, who presented the certificate to the APC, said: "I’ll say today is a very important day for the APC."

Mr Ayariga after suffering a defeat to his predecessor, Dr. Edward Mahama in the PNC presidential race has formed his own party called All People’s Congress (APC).

According to him, he was unfairly treated during their national congress, hence, his decision to contest the November polls on the ticket of his own party.

…I want to plead with APC that you work in accordance with the legal framework. The law is very explicit when it comes to registration of political parties. Today we are here to issue this party with a provisional certificate of operation… when you have a provisional certificate, there are certain things that you don’t do, so, that is why I said earlier that I hope whatever we do will be consistent with what is required of us as the law stipulates."