{"id":178386,"date":"2024-05-04T14:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T14:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/04\/npp-didnt-struggle-to-win-ejisu-by-election\/"},"modified":"2024-05-04T14:30:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T14:30:02","slug":"npp-didnt-struggle-to-win-ejisu-by-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/04\/npp-didnt-struggle-to-win-ejisu-by-election\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP didn’t struggle to win Ejisu by-election"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Samuel Ayeh-Paye, the former Member of Parliament for Ayensuano, has refuted allegations that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) struggled to retain the Ejisu seat in the recent by-election.<\/p>\n

The by-election was necessitated by the passing of the Member of Parliament and Deputy Finance Minister, Dr. John Ampontuah Kumah, on March 7, 2024.<\/p>\n

NPP\u2019s Lawyer Kwabena Boateng, was declared the winner, garnering 27,782 votes, which equates to 55.8% of the total votes cast. His main rival, Mr. Kwabena Owusu Aduomi, an Independent Candidate, secured 21,534 votes, representing 43.3% of the total votes, on Tuesday, April 30.<\/p>\n

Mr. Aduomi left the party and ran as an Independent Candidate, alleging discrepancies with the delegates\u2019 album at the time.<\/p>\n

Several pollsters and political observers have suggested that the NPP had a hard time achieving victory in its stronghold during the by-election.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Selorm Adonoo on The Big Issue<\/em> <\/strong>on Citi TV, Mr Ayeh-Paye said, \u201cFor me, I don\u2019t see it [by-election] as a struggle, and I didn\u2019t see any struggle, if there was any struggle, it was a struggle between NPP and NPP. If you put the two votes together, Ing. Aduomi is NPP, and Lawyer Boateng is also NPP.<\/p>\n

\u201cPutting it together, one may say the NPP had about 99.1% of the votes in Ejisu. I saw it as an internal election between NPP and NPP, two NPP members contesting.\u201d<\/p>\n

He mentioned that if Aduomi had won the by-election, he would have been seated near the majority in Parliament.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Aduomi I know would definitely go and sit with the NPP in parliament,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The former MP concurred with the decision made by the party\u2019s National Chairman, Stephen Ntim, to reach out to Mr. Aduomi.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur National Chairman said he\u2019s quickly going to get those in Aduomi\u2019s camp back to NPP. That is where we have to look at, that is where we have to work together to ensure that apathy will not step in the 2024 December elections. So that we will have a lot of people coming out to vote. Aduomi will not come again,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

He dismissed suggestions that the NPP\u2019s electoral prospects would have been diminished if the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) had participated in the race.<\/p>\n

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Samuel Ayeh-Paye, the former Member of Parliament for Ayensuano, has refuted allegations that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) struggled to retain the Ejisu seat in the recent by-election. The by-election was necessitated by the passing of the Member of Parliament and Deputy Finance Minister, Dr. John Ampontuah Kumah, on March 7, 2024. 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