Assin North contest, rehearsal for Election 2024 – Samoa Addo

A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Nii Kpakpo Samoa Addo, has said the outcome of the upcoming by-election in Assin North, in the Central Region, may determine which party will win the 2024 Election.

He said the by-election will determine if the electorate have fallen out with the current government or otherwise.

Speaking on Asaase 99.5 Accra’s news analysis show, The Forum, on Saturday, Mr Addo said “We are going to funeral to funeral, door to door, church to church, mosque to mosque, house to house. We will all be there… I am waiting for the final results.”

He said “but if they (NPP) win, it has a serious implication for the national elections. So, I think that this by-election is a good testing grounds, let’s all go and see.”

However, speaking on the same programme, Kwame Jantuah, a private legal practitioner, and a member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), said other factors may contribute to which party wins the 2024 Election.

He said “issues are different in every area. People in different areas in this country are suffering from different things.”

Mr Jantuah indicated “it depends also on who is chosen to lead the NPP as a presidential candidate, remember that has not come into focus yet, and how that leader will be able to defend the current NPP administration.”

The Electoral Commission has fixed June 27 for the parliamentary poll, following the declaration of the Supreme Court that the election and swearing-in of the MP for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, who contested on the ticket of the NDC, was unconstitutional, null and void.