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

Former Minister of Health, Mr Alex Segbefia has expressed confident, Kumawu not the National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s stronghold regardless, they will cause an upset in the by-elections.

That he said was because the constituency toppled with the current economic difficulties have been abandoned by the ruling government, holders of the seat up until the death of its Member of Parliament and that gives them some leverage over them.

Mr Segbefia said win or lose, he is confident the NDC will make some positive impact in terms of votes adding that “Kumawu is not for the NDC to win but for the NPP to lose”.

The NDC Member was speaking on Good Morning Africa on Pan African TV on Monday, May 22, monitored by GhanaPlus.com.

“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.

Kumawu 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