{"id":5914,"date":"2024-05-01T09:28:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T09:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=5914"},"modified":"2024-05-01T09:28:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T09:28:26","slug":"voter-apathy-is-real-in-ashanti-region-npp-must-up-their-game-mussa-dankwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=5914","title":{"rendered":"Voter apathy is real in Ashanti region; NPP must up their game \u2013 Mussa Dankwa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Executive Director of Global Info Analytics, Mussa Dankwa, has observed that voter apathy is real in the Ashanti region, the stronghold of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).<\/strong><\/p>\n

This, he said, was reflected in the just-ended by-election held in Ejisu constituency in the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n

To that end, he has urged the NPP to work hard to deal with the situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cNPP must find a way to motivate voters to come out and vote\u2026Apathy is real in the Ashanti region,\u201d Mussa Dankwa said on the Ghana Tonight show on Tuesday, April 30.<\/p>\n

The NPP)candidate in the by-election held in the Ejisu Constituency won the contest after beating five other candidates to emerge the winner.<\/p>\n

They are; Kwabena Owusu Aduomi, an independent candidate with NPP antecedents, Convention People\u2019s Party Esther Osei, Liberal Party of Ghana\u2019s Beatrice Boakye, Freduah Agyemang Joseph and Attakorah Joseph both independent candidates.<\/p>\n

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According to the results declared by the Electoral Commission, Kwabena Boateng secured 55.79% of the total votes cast against his main contender, Kwabena Aduomi\u2019s 43.24%<\/p>\n

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This is according to results collated from all 204 polling stations. Kwabena Boateng polled 27,782 votes whereas Kwabena Aduomi had 21,536.<\/div>\n

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A total of 49,780 out of the expected 100,000 voters turned out.<\/p>\n

The bye-election was necessitated by the demise of the incumbent MP, Dr John Kumah. Dr Kumah died in March after a short illness.<\/p>\n

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