The determination to suspend the primaries was taken by the occasion at a National Steering Committee assembly held on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, to conform with the President’s ban on social gatherings as section of national attempts toward the containment of the COVID-19 epidemic.
The Countrywide Steering Committee, simply because of Report 10(10)(1) of the party’s constitution, is the entire body liable for overseeing the day-to-day management of the get together, and hence, mandated to “act on behalf of the get together on urgent matters” such as in the situation we discover ourselves as a social gathering and country owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A assertion signed by General Secretary John Boadu reported “In the mild of this growth, the social gathering is not able to hold the primaries as prepared, and has accordingly, postponed same till even further observe. The bash regrets all inconveniences that this may occasion, and hopes to hold this vital training, quicker than later on.”