The leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have expressed shock over the New Patriotic Party (NPP) winning a seat in the Volta Region.
The Regional Chairman of the party, Mr John Kwadwo Gyapong, said they had worked very hard to keep the NPP away from the region they considered to be their stronghold but yet the party managed to snatch the Krachi East seat from the incumbent who had occupied the seat for the past 12 years.
Although he said the party lost the seat by a small margin, they could still not fathom what might have gone wrong, adding, “We realised the NPP had good votes in the region. We are surprised at the turn of events. We will do an analysis to ascertain what caused that,” he told journalists during a press briefing in Ho.
The NPP candidate, Mr Michael Yaw Gyato, garnered 14,639 votes to unseat the incumbent NDC MP, Wisdom Gidisu who polled 14,396 votes.
We worked hard
According to him, the NDC had worked hard in the region to achieve its operation one million vote gap agenda but things did not work out as planned, attributing the cause to low turn-out which had characterised the 2016 election.
Mr Gyapong said there was a wrong perception that people in the region failed to come out in their numbers to vote due to apathy, adding that the region’s 60 per cent turnout could be one of the best during the elections.
No Tension in Ho
Unlike some areas where party footsoldiers were blaming and threatening their executive members for losing the election, the NDC headquarters in Ho has remained calm since the results were declared.
The Ho town, especially at the Municipal assembly and the Volta Regional Co-ordinating Council, has also become very quiet with very little activities going on.
No case of violence connected to the outcome of the election has been recorded in Ho.
Source: Daily Graphic
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U people think we are f.ooools wahu ? We will go and cue and vote for u and u negret us . Come see ma home town how poverty dye and u are experting me to vote for u on this scorching sun ? I didn't border masef sef. U go learn ur lesson well.. BULLU!!
SHOULD WE SAY THAT THE REGION IS NOW UNDERSTANDING Democracy .
Why are the Ahantis not voting for any other party but always for NPP. Stop calling Volta all the time. Live us alone.
This is not the first time.During the NPP ERA,2000-2008,NKANTA area had an NPP parliamentarian
Talk about Ashanti region too. why massive vote for NPP all the time?
The NDC worldbank did marvelously well and with Nana's good works NPP will snatch more seats from there and soo NDC will be left with no seat at the NPP world bank too. wind of change is still blowin
gradually npp will seriously break into the so called ndc strong hold.when Ghana moved into multi party democracy npp were pelted with stones on their way to volta region to campaign but now the story is different. moving from zero to get a seat is an achievement a time is coming when ndc will be beaten in their own backyard.ndc always think they can ***barred word*** the people.
My Big Thanks goes to VOLTA4CHANGE and VOLTAYOUTH4CHANGE groups for good job done. We thank Almighty God for what he has Done for GHANAIANS. (Voting NDC out of Power). Even NOW, Every Ghanaian feel relieved these days as NDC will leave the scene from 7th Decemer, 2016.
Volta must stop this blind voting for corrupt NDC... Why are you voting for a party that is not performing? High electric bills, high inflation, high unemployment, high corruption, name the rest. P(NDC) has ruled for close to 30 years without building a single factory in the region to create jobs. Why? This is tribal voting. Volta Region must stop it!
These folks ought to learn about democracy, that absolute loyalty is not same with the Ashanti region. They have tribalized the political system to much and it is backwards