Almost everybody is saying we are retaining the seat – NPP Confident Ahead of Akwatia By-Election

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has expressed confidence in retaining the Akwatia parliamentary seat in the upcoming by-election, scheduled for September 2, 2025.

Kwame Owiredu, spokesperson for the party’s campaign team in the constituency, said the NPP is determined to secure victory while honouring the memory of the late Member of Parliament, Ernest Kumi, whose death triggered the by-election.

“It is vibrating for the NPP. The NPP is poised to retain the Akwatia seat. Even though we are mourning our late MP Hon Ernest Kumi, we are still poised and determined to keep the seat and the grounds bear witness to this assertion,” he stated on Channel One TV’s Akwatia Watch programme on Thursday, August 28.

Owiredu added that there is strong assurance among both party supporters and the local community about the NPP’s chances. “Almost everybody is saying we are retaining the seat in Akwatia, and it is very important because this particular vote is a vote to vindicate and honour the name of Ernest Yaw Kumi,” he said.

The by-election is being closely watched as a key test of the NPP’s strength in the Eastern Region and an opportunity to sustain its parliamentary numbers following the loss of Kumi.

Meanwhile, the Eastern Regional Deputy Youth Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Nathaniel Tetteh, dismissed the NPP’s optimism, describing the opposition party’s campaign as “gasping for breath.”

He argued that the NPP lacks a concrete plan or positive message for the people of Akwatia, claiming it is relying solely on constant references to the late Ernest Kumi.