The former National Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akomea has credited the number of the party's parliamentary seats i
The former National Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akomea has credited the number of the party’s parliamentary seats in the stronghold of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to Vice president Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia.
According to Nana Akomea, without the input of Dr. Bawumia, there would no way the party could have got those parliamentary seats in the north.
“As we speak today, NPP has 16 seats and NDC has 15. Who would have imagined that the NPP would today be the majority party in the northern region, but we are. And when you look at the presidential vote from 2008, it’s been going up for the number of constituencies the NPP has been winning since 2008 in the north, now we have almost shared it.
“We’ve won in about 14 and the NDC won 17 constituencies so we’re inching up the presidential, for the parliamentary we’ve taken over. And if you look at Bawumia’s home constituency, Walewale, we won it for the first time in 2012, and we’ve still retained it as our seat,” he noted on Joy FM’s Super Morning.
The Managing Director of the State Transport Corporation (STC) emphasized the potential electoral impact of Bawumia’s candidacy in the northern regions.
“He gives the party a chance to diversify the branding; he gives us the opportunity to have a much more inclusive branding for the party. Over the period, we’ve always had leadership from a certain group, and this is the first time we’ve gone outside the group, so it gives us a more inclusive image.”.
Source: Kapitalradio971.com//2023
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