Regional News of Thursday, 24 April 2003

Source: gna

VR CPP to hold congress

The Volta Region branch of the Convention People's Party (CPP) will hold its delegates conference in Ho on Saturday, May 17 this year.

The conference, which would be attended by 200 delegates from constituencies and tertiary institutions in the region, would elect new Executives for a four-year term.

A statement by Mr Nii Adjetey Sowah, Acting Regional Secretary, said 13 positions including Regional Chairman, First Regional Vice-Chairman, Second Regional Vice-Chairman, Regional Secretary and Assistant Regional Secretary would be contested for during the conference.

The other positions are Regional Organiser, Assistant Regional Organiser, Regional Women's Organiser, Assistant Regional Women's Organiser, Regional Treasurer, Regional Youth Organiser, Assistant Regional Youth Organiser and Regional Education Secretary.

Nominations for the polls would be opened on Monday May 5, the statement said.