Mussa Dankwah, Chief Executive Officer of Global InfoAnalytics, has projected that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will face a difficult struggle in the Dome Kwabenya constituency in the 2024 general elections if the incumbent MP, Sarah Adwoa Safo, does not run.
With the victory of the National Democratic Congress’ Elikplim Akurugu, he claimed it will be a monumental effort for the NPP to win the seat.
Elikplim received 1,564 votes in the NDC’s parliamentary elections on Saturday. This is her second victory in the constituency’s NDC parliamentary primary.Mussa Dankwah stated on Citi TV’s Point of View with host Bernard Avle that the MP for Dome Kwabenya has been pulling numbers for the NPP in the constituency, and thus the party’s chances of keeping the seat are poor if she does not run in 2024.
“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.Mussa Dankwah, Chief Executive Officer of Global InfoAnalytics
He predicted that if Adwoa Safo refuses to run in the NPP primaries, disgruntled NPP members in Dome Kwabenya would vote for Elikplim Akurugu in the general elections.“In the polls that we did, 45 percent 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 said
