Comptroller and Treasurer Kwasi Kwaning Bosompem failed in his bid to unseat incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP Akuem Swedol in Saturday’s primary election.
Incumbent MP Kennedy Osei Nyarko won with 194 votes, beating Kwasi Kwaning Bosompem’s 94 votes and Okyere Jerome Kwame’s 10 votes.
The parliamentary elections attracted public attention when the Treasurer-General and the Treasurer-General expressed interest in the contest.
Akemantha block
Samuel Kyei Boateng from Akyem Akoko-Asso, four of the six sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) in the Akyemansa bloc in the Eastern region will be the parliamentary candidates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Saturday’s parliamentary primaries. announced that he had been selected.
One contestant was declared unopposed, and the other was unsuccessful in his bid to become an MP in 2025.
The winning lawmaker is Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, MP of Ofoase Airebi and Minister of Information. Kofi Ahenkorah Marufo, Akyem Achiase MP. Mr. Kennedy Osei Nyarko (Akuem Swedol MP) and Mr. George Kwame Aboazi (Asen Akroso Manso MP).
Mr. Oppong Nkrumah secured 378 votes against his two challengers, Mr. Eric Owusu-Mensah, the immediate past deputy secretary of the National Assembly of Ghana who received 92 votes, and Michael from the Ghana Revenue Service in Accra who received 100 votes. – Defeated Osei Gyamena.
Mr. Ahenkorah Marfo received 220 votes, while his three challengers namely Mr. George Nyako, Mr. Emmanuel Kwabena Zibulako, Mr. Samuel Okyere Donkor and Mr. Benedicta Biama Adomu received 142 votes and 19 votes respectively. , which received 7 votes and 1 vote).
Mr Osei Nyarko garnered 194 votes and his two challengers, Auditor-General Kwasi Kwaning Bosompem (94 votes) and Accra-based private businessman Jerome Okyere Akoldor (10 votes). broke.
George Aboagye easily won, defeating his only challenger, Alex Owusu-Adjei, by 362 votes to 151.
Akyem Odah’s Member of Parliament, Alexander Akwasi Akua, has been declared unopposed following the disqualification of his challenger, Dennis Obeng Agyei, by the National Appeals Committee of the NPP.
Abilem MP John Osei Frimpong is the only unlucky member of the Akkemansa block to lose in the parliamentary primaries.
Ghana’s Ambassador to South Africa Charles Asuoko Owiredu received 192 votes in the parliamentary primaries, while incumbent MP Osei Frimpong and two others, namely Frank, received 116, 148 and 56 votes respectively. – Defeated Mr. Ahima-Mireku and Mr. Daniel Kwadou Afrifa.
In his post-victory speech, Mr. Oppong Nkrumah thanked the Almighty Lord, the constituency executives and representatives for the honor bestowed upon them and promised to prove himself up to the task.
He appealed to defeated parliamentary candidates and their supporters to rally behind him to make breaking the eight-year electoral jinx a reality.
After praising Akwasi Akua, Bilim Central City Election Commissioner Kofi Annan expressed his gratitude to all those who contributed immensely to his declaration of invincibility.
In particular, he promised to put even more effort into improving Odamachi roads.
NPP Eastern Regional Chairman, Mr. Jeff Konadu Addo, Regional Organizer, Mr. Jerry Osei Poku, Regional Treasurer;
Mr Kumi Larbi took his turn to praise Mr Akua who won 79.9 per cent of the presidential vote in the 2020 general election, the highest in the region.
However, they advised him to work harder to secure 90 percent of the party’s presidential votes in the crucial 2024 general election to realize the party’s goal of breaking an eight-year electoral jinx. .