Asiedu Nketiah says NDC will contest Akwatia by-election
The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has assured the opposition New Patriotic Party that, although the NPP has officially pulled out from the by-election in the Tamale Central Constituency, the NDC will fully participate in the upcoming by-election in Akwatia.
It will be recalled that the Akwatia parliamentary seat became vacant following the death of the member of parliament for the area, Ernest Kumi.
As required, the Electoral Commission declared the seat vacant and set September 2, 2025, as the date for the by-election to elect a member of parliament to represent the constituency.
Both the National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party have elected their respective candidates to represent them in the elections.
The NPP endorsed Solomon Kwame Asumadu as their parliamentary candidate, while the NDC elected Bernard Bediako Baidoo as the party’s parliamentary candidate for the September 2 elections.
However, the death of Alhaji Dr Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed in a helicopter crash last week will necessitate a by-election in the Tamale Central constituency, where he was the member of parliament.
Though the EC is yet to declare the seat vacant and set a date for a by-election as the law requires, the NPP has officially declared its position on the matter, saying it has withdrawn from such an election.
Meanwhile, the NDC has affirmed its preparedness to contest the Akwatia by-election, refusing to reciprocate the gesture of political comradeship the NPP has extended to it in the upcoming by-election in Akwatia, where the late MP was on the ticket of the NPP.
Some party bigwigs of the NPP led by the general secretary, Justin Frimpong-Kodua paid an official courtesy call on the NDC to commiserate with the party following the tragic death of some of their members in a helicopter crash that killed all eight persons onboard on August 6, 2025.
At the meeting, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah said, “We thank you for withdrawing from contesting the Tamale Central by-election.”
He proceeded to say, “We wish to state that we shall contest the Akwatia by-election.”
Touching on the security on the day of the election, he said, “What we must recognise is that all these threats from certain youth regarding the election will ultimately lead to consequences that we will all have to face.
“Let us collectively take the necessary measures to ensure that peace is maintained,” he concluded.
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