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Electorates in the Assin North constituency in the Central Region go to the polls today to cast their votes to elect a Member of Parliament for the constituency.

Following the Supreme Court declaring the seat "vacant" as a result of the eviction of Mr. James Gyakye Quayson from Parliament, it has become necessary for a by-election to be held in the constituency. 

A total of 41168 registered voters are expected to vote in 99 polling stations across the constit­uency.

Three candidates are contesting the by-election with Charles Opoku of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s James Gyakye Quayson as the front runners in what is expected to be a keenly contested election. 

The third candi­date, Bernice Enyonam Sefenu representing the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), is viewed by polit­ical watchers as “adding up to the numbers”.

Strategically, the NPP selected Charles Opoku, an indigene of As­sin Breku which is the constituency capital, to neutralize the political advantage of James Gyakye Quayson, also an indigene of the town.

Due to the seriousness both the NPP and NDC attach to elections, high-ranking officials of the two political parties were in Assin North to campaign for their respective candidates in the run-up to the polls.

It is with this same interest that Dr. Zenator Rawlings clashes with Valentino Nii Noi Nortey in the Assin North constituency campaigning for their candidates.

While Dr. Zenator Rawlings campaigned in a village for the NDC candidate,  Nii Noi Nortey was also campaigning for the NPP candidate Charles Opoku.

This is a clear indication that the 2024 contest will be between Valentino Nii Noi Nortey and Zenator Rawlings in the Klottey Korle constituency.

But the youth in the Klottey Korley are angry saying Dr. Zenator Rawlings, a Member of Parliament for the constituency, has never held a meeting with the constituents before. 



They plan to vote against her in the 2024 elections.

“I cannot remember any single meeting held for the whole constituency by Zenator before as an MP for the constituency. She only held meetings with only the NDC and when the time comes, we shall take her on seriously. We shall work together to remove her from office,” Mr. Samuel Oquaye said.

The youth appealed to NPP delegates to vote for Valentino Nii Noi Nortey to win the NPP Primaries to take the seat from Zenator Rawlings as she has no plans to help the youth in the constituency.

MR Samuel Oquaye stated; “Now that the majority of us had settled on Nii Noi Nortey and his victory, let’s now focus on the main elections to change Zenator and make the constituency the stronghold of the NPP. With Nii Noi Nortey strategy we can easily win the seat and make it our stronghold. This can easily be done looking at the proactive nature of Nii Noi Nortey.

"Nii Noi Nortey had gone through the mill. l am not surprised about his successes with huge grassroots achievements for the party. He is the most experienced among the lot, a long serving member of the party, he is very proactive and has all the networks to mobilize logistics for the future campaign, and he had been a polling station organizer and chairman of the constituency before. He had what it takes to win the seat. Above all he is a good listener, action oriented, humble and very respectful.

He is not an arrogant leader. Over the years I had watched him and had not changed his ways in his desire to build the party structures, help the delegates and the party in general to capture the seat. This is the opportune time for us all to use our votes to change the system. A word to the wise is enough!"