 Deputy General Secretary, has said the NPP will win the Akwatia by-election hands down.){kind=link}
Haruna Mohammed, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Deputy General Secretary, has said the NPP will win the Akwatia by-election hands down.
According to Haruna Mohammned, the NPP are going to prove the Global Info Analytics poll wrong this time.
He revealed the NPP is not sacrosanct, but it remains confident of victory.
The NPP Deputy General Secretary noted that political polls are useful but are not absolute indicators of electoral outcomes.
Speaking on Citi Eyewitness News on Friday, August 29, Haruna Mohammed stated, “The keyword here is predict. And the summary of any prediction is based on if. What if the if doesn’t if?”
“We are not sacrosanct, and we’re not saying research should not be done. But the reality on the ground will be different. We will prove them wrong this time because the NPP is winning this seat hands down,” he insisted.
Haruna Mohammed added that the NPP is confident of surpassing the 52% margin earned by the late Ernest Kumi in the 2024 elections.
His comments come after Mussa Dankwah, the Executive Director of Global Info Analytics, has revealed that the NDC parliamentary candidate for the Akwatia by-election has overtaken the NPP’s candidate three days to the election.
According to the new polls by the Global Info Analytics Bernard B. Baidoo, the NDC candidate’s lead has been propelled by voters who want development and SHS and tertiary voters.
In the poll, Bernard B. Baidoo secured the NDC candidate’s lead with 53% and Asumadu of the NPP 47%.
Mussa Dankwah, in a post on X on Friday, August 29, wrote, “ NDC’s Baidoo overtakes NPP’s Asumadu 3 days before the crucial polls for the main opposition in Akwatia. Baidoo’s lead is propelled by voters who want development and SHS, and tertiary voters who preferred Baidoo my larger margin.
Using the committed model, which is likely to be minimum vote for Baidoo, the NDC candidates leads with 53% and Asumadu of the NPP 47%”.
Also, Kwame Owiredu, the NPP spokesperson for the party’s campaign team in the constituency, has expressed confidence in retaining the Akwatia parliamentary seat.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s Akwatia on Thursday, August 28, Owiredu stated, “It is vibrating for the NPP. The NPP is poised to retain the Akwatia seat. Even though we are mourning our late MP Hon Ernest Kumi, we are still poised and determined to keep the seat and the grounds bear witness to this assertion”.
“Almost everybody is saying we are retaining the seat in Akwatia, and it is very important because this particular vote is a vote to vindicate and honour the name of Ernest Yaw Kumi,” he stated.
Meanwhile, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Minister of State for Government Communications, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is confident of victory in the upcoming September 2 poll at Akwatia.
He revealed the party is determined to honour the late Defence Minister and NDC Elections Director, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah.
Felix Kwakye added that Dr Omane Boamah, before his passing, started laying down work for the NDC to win the Akwatia seat.
Speaking in an interview on Channel One TV, Felix Kwakye Ofosu stated, “We all miss Dr Omane Boamah. We all know that before he passed on, rather unceremoniously, so tragically, he had started laying down blockworks for a resounding victory in Akwatia.
“So, in his memory, we will carry out the plan that he laid out, and we will build on it and add more impetus to it and ensure that we fine-tune it to deliver victory for us in Akwatia”.
He added, “We will win the Akwatia seat so that the people of the constituency will enjoy all the benefits others properly represented in parliament are enjoying. So, we are confident of victory”.
On Tuesday, September 2, 2025, the Akwatia by-election will be held to determine a representative for the constituency of Akwatia following the passing of the late Ernest Kumi.