{"id":92637,"date":"2025-09-04T08:12:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T08:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=92637"},"modified":"2025-09-04T08:12:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T08:12:45","slug":"inducements-and-incumbency-abuse-cost-us-akwatia-seat-npp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=92637","title":{"rendered":"Inducements and incumbency abuse cost us Akwatia seat \u2013 NPP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has dismissed suggestions that its defeat in the Akwatia by-election was due to dwindling support, instead pointing to what it describes as inducements and the misuse of incumbency by the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n

Evans Nimako, the party\u2019s Director of Research and Elections, argued that the outcome could not be interpreted as a clear rejection of the NPP.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Channel One TV on Wednesday, September 3, he claimed the NDC\u2019s victory was influenced by questionable tactics rather than a shift in voter confidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe witnessed inducements in the constituency, we witnessed abuse of incumbency \u2014 these were evident,\u201d Mr Nimako said, noting that while the NDC\u2019s Bernard Bediako won by nearly 3,000 votes, the figures should be assessed against the NPP\u2019s record in the 2024 general election.<\/p>\n

He reminded critics that the NPP had retained Akwatia only last December with a margin of over 2,000 votes, and therefore, the latest result should be seen in context.<\/p>\n

The by-election, which followed the passing of the sitting MP, Ernest Kumi, has since sparked debate on its wider implications for the NPP\u2019s prospects in 2028.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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