Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is optimistic that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) will capture a majority of the orphan seats after holding successful parliamentary primaries for those constituencies.
The NPP elected parliamentary candidates for 111 orphan constituencies across the country on Saturday and Sunday in a highly competitive election supervised by Ghana’s election management body, Electoral Commission (EC).
Vice President Bawumia in a statement issued on Saturday noted that “Our party’s preparedness and determination to take a majority of these seats from the National Democratic Congress has been definitively demonstrated by today’s events.
“With the upcoming 2024 general elections in sight, I am very impressed by the quality of candidates chosen to represent our Party in these constituencies. In the coming election, I am confident that we will succeed in securing these seats through our sustained unity and collective efforts.”
Dr. Bawumia stressed that the NPP with great determination and collective working spirit would win a majority of these orphan seats during the 2024 general election.
“To keep our momentum and to accomplish victory, we need to stay united from the grassroots down to the highest levels of leadership,” he added.
Congratulation
Meanwhile, Vice President Bawumia has congratulated elected parliamentary candidates of the governing NPP across the country.
He urged the newly elected candidates to adopt humility and grace to also win the 2024 polls.
There were notable wins in the primaries, giving the governing party the hope of taking majority seats in the next parliament.
Nii Noi Nortey and Jefferson Sackey won the primaries in the Klottey Korle and the Ablekuma Central Constituencies respectively; former Commissioner of the Customs Division at the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Colonel Kwadwo Damoah won in the Jaman South Constituency.
Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Pius Enam Hadzide, won the Asuogyaman parliamentary primary; Barbara Oteng Gyasi won the Prestea Huni Valley parliamentary primary while Abdul Manaf Nii Adjei Sowah won the Odododiodioo primary.
Vice President Bawumia in a statement issued on Saturday said “I commend the New Patriotic Party (@NPP_GH) national leadership, particularly for supervising very peaceful and transparent primaries in the orphan constituencies. On behalf of the party, I offer my sincere congratulations to all our newly elected parliamentary candidates for our beloved NPP in the just-ended Parliamentary primaries in the orphan constituencies across the country.
“I would like you to remember that your victory isn’t the end, but the beginning of a new chapter of service and responsibility. To win the confidence of the Ghanaian people, we must adopt humility and grace.”
The Vice President also expressed his gratitude to aspirants who could not make it for their determination and courage, adding, “The party is indebted to you.”
