Research group, Global InfoAnalytics says the absence of Adwoa Safo on the ticket of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections will be difficult for the party to retain the seat.
According to the Chief Executive Officer of Global InfoAnalytics, Mussa Dankwah, if the embattled MP for the area doesn’t contest next year’s polls, the NDC’s Elipklim Akurugu might snatch the seat.
Speaking to Accra-based Citi TV, he predicted that the 2024 general elections will be a tough race for the NPP in the Dome Kwabenya constituency due to Adwoa Safo’s likeability.
“With Elikplim Akurugu in the picture, the parliamentary elections will be a tough race for the NPP, if the incumbent MP, Sarah Adwoa Safoa is not running in Dome Kwabenya. If Sarah Adwoa Safo doesn’t contest, it will be an open race between the two political parties-NPP and NDC. Dome Kwabenya which is one of NPP’s strongholds has been stronger under Sarah Adwoa Safo. If Adwoa Safo is not on the ballot paper in the 2024 general elections, believe me, the race will be tough,” Mussa Dankwah predicted.
Adwoa Safo’s continuous absence from parliament has angered several leading officials of the Akufo-Addo-led government and party both in the constituency and at the national level.
But Mussa says aggrieved NPP members in Dome Kwabenya are likely to vote for Elikplim Akurugu in the general elections if Adwoa Safo refuses to contest in the NPP’s primaries.
“In the polls that we did, 45 per cent of NPP winnings came from Taifa North and Taifa South. The last poll we did in October 2022, when Sarah Adwoa Safo issues came up, Elikplim Akurugu was leading in Taifa North. That’s unheard of. There’s a division within the NPP in the constituency. NPP people who have issues with the party will vote for Elikplim Akurugu,” he stated.
