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The parties in the Manhyia North Constituency of the New Patriotic Party in Ashanti region have resolved their differences paving the way for the long awaited parliamentary primary on Sunday, March 13, 2016, to elect a nominee for this year’s parliamentary elections.

After two botched primaries over the disagreement of the photo album compiling a list polling station executives who would constitute the electoral college, the two candidates on Monday, agreed on the legible delegates at a meeting with the NPP regional chairman, Mr Bernard Antwi Boasiako and a committee formed to oversee the primary.

The incumbent Member of Parliament, Mr Collins Owusu Amankwah together with his contender, Nana Osei Banfo and their campaign teams went through the lists of the new elected polling station executives with the Regional Committee headed by Mr Maxwell Kofi Jumah and agreed on the composition.

Last Friday, the constituency conducted a new polling station election to elect new executives to constitute the delegates that would elect the party’s parliamentary nominee.

The constituency has been in and out of courts over the constituency executives. The disagreement over the membership of the constituency executives led to the constituency being prevented from taking part in the regional and national congresses that elected the executives.

Addressing the media after the meeting, the regional chairman, Mr Bernard Antwi Boasianko, disagreed with insinuations that he was interfering with the primary to favour his preferred candidate.

He said, "I don't have any candidate. My candidate is the constituency and will support whoever wins to retain the seat for the party."

He expressed gratitude to the parties for resolving their differences to pave the way for the primaries come this Sunday.