Kumawu by-election: NDC knows they only going to be partakers -NPP’s Solomon Owusu

Member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Communication Team, Mr Solomon Owusu has said opposition New Democratic Congress (NDC) will not make any difference in the Kumawu by-election scheduled for Tuesday, May 23.

He said they are only going to be partakers and nothing more.

“The NDC, listening to the honourable clearly knows that they are only going to be partakers and indeed when we have been on the ground they are not there. They went there just two days ago and they are sitting in hotels, enjoying themselves,” he said.

Mr Owusu made the comment on Pan African TV’s  Good Morning Africa, on Monday, May 22, monitored by GhanaPlus.com

His comment was in responds to statement made by  NDC member, Mr Alex Segbefia on the current affairs programme.

Kumawu by-elections: We confident there will be an upset

Mr Alex Segbefia had expressed confident, Kumawu not his party’s stronghold regardless, they will cause an upset in the by-elections.

According to  him, the country’s economic owes and share neglect of the constituency which was a stronghold of the ruling government would give his party an upper hand over the incumbent in the by-election, whether win or lose.

“It has never been the seat of the NDC, is an NPP stronghold seat, however, the reason why a lot of people are raising a lot of question marks is because of what is happening in the country currently and the state of the economy position we find ourselves, couple with the fact that, truth be known the NPP actually neglected this constituency. They haven’t done much in this constituency,” he said.

“………………They are taking it seriously in term of the fact that, withstanding, that it is a stronghold they are fully aware that an upset can be caused and we are going to do our best to ensure that upset becomes a reality even though the hurdles are quiet large in terms of the numbers gab that already exist from history but we think that these are different times and we hope that Kumawu will make that difference,” Mr Segbefia added.

“We are quietly quite confident that there will be an upset in Kumawu,” he emphasized.

But Mr Owusu said that will never happen.

By-elections

Kumawu, a constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana will on Tuesday, May 23, hold a by-election to elect a new Member of Parliament (MP) following the death of the MP, Philip Atta Basoah.

The NPP MP was reported died on Tuesday, March 27 after a short illness at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, where he was on admission receiving treatment.

He was 54 at the time of his death.

Philip Atta Basoah

Philip Atta Basoah was elected first as Member of Parliament for the Kumawu Constituency in 2016 and won again in the 2020 elections making him a second-timer in Ghana’s legislative house.

He served as the Chairperson for Employment, Social Welfare and State Enterprises Committee, a member of Lands and Forestry Committee and also a member of the Selection Committee.

Mr Basoah was an educationalist and worked as a teacher at the Agogo Senior High School.

He also worked with the Ghana Education Service in the Ashanti Region and at the Ministry of Local Government for the Sekyere East District from June 2005 to January 2009 as District Chief Executive.

Source: GhanaPlus.com