Kojo Oppong Nkrumah Retains Ofoase-Ayirebi Constituency Seat With A Wide Margin Win
- Kojo Oppong Nkrumah retained his parliamentary seat in the Ofoase-Ayirebi Constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana
- The Minister for Works and Housing defeated his primary challenger, Alfred Osei-Poku, in the parliamentary elections
- Kojo Oppong Nkrumah secured 18,601 votes, representing 58.10% of the provisional results, compared to the NDC’s Alfred Osei-Poku, who secured 13,415 votes, representing 41.90%
The Minister for Works and Housing, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, retained his parliamentary seat in the Ofoase-Ayirebi Constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana, based on the provisional results recorded in the 2024 general elections.
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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate secured a commanding victory over Alfred Osei-Poku, the primary challenger from the New Democratic Congress (NDC), to remain in the next parliament of Ghana.
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah secured 18,601 votes, representing 58.10% of the provisional results, compared to the NDC’s Alfred Osei-Poku, who secured 13,415 votes, representing 41.90%.
The victory secured the Minister for Works and Housing a third time as a member of the Ghanaian parliament.
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah expressed his optimism about retaining his seat before the nationwide elections on Saturday, December 7, 2024.
He and his wife, Akua Oppong Nkrumah, cast their votes at the Anyinase RC Primary School in Ofoase’s Ayirebi Constituency.
Following the declaration of his parliamentary results at the numerous polling stations in his constituency, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah took to his X (formerly Twitter) to express his gratitude to his constituents for giving him another term.
Below is Kojo Oppong Nkrumah’s social media post below:
Reactions to Kojo Oppong Nkrumah’s victory
YEN.com.gh has gathered some comments from Ghanaians in reaction to Kojo Oppong Nkrumah’s electoral victory below:
@miss__okine commented:
"I hope you lose the next time. You’ve disappointed a lot of us who had high hopes for you."
@_Stevemensa said:
"Up your game, work well for the people. The gap is closer than you think. Congratulations 🎊."
@brikukennedy commented:
"Such an unfortunate win! This lying gaslighter! 🙄."
@quofi_rasta said:
"Whenever you decide to contest for a presidential election, let it be known to you that I will be there to campaign and vote against you, Inshallah."
@Nje_baby commented:
"Even though you have won, I still believe that you are one of my biggest disappointments. I guess it is only because I expected so much from you Sir. I was so happy when you won because I had thought you would have stood with the nation rather than your party!"
Felix Kwakye Ofosu regains his constituency seat
In another story reported by YEN.com.gh, Felix Kwakye Ofosu secured a massive victory to regain the Asebu-Kwamankese Constituency for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2024 elections.
The NDC parliamentary candidate unseated the incumbent MP with a vast difference of more than 11,000 votes.
Felix Kwakye Ofosu previously lost the 2020 parliamentary elections to the New Patriotic Party’s Elvis Morris Donkoh with a difference of 176 votes.
Proofread by Samuel Gitonga, Copy Editor at YEN.com.gh
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