In the just-ended New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Primaries, some heavyweights of the Party in Parliament have surprisingly lost their party’s endorsement to continue serving in Parliament.
At least 9 chairmen and vice chairmen have lost their bids to represent their constituents in Parliament.
Among those who have lost include the Chairman of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Dr. Mark Assibey Yeboah who lost the New Juaben South seat to the Executive Secretary of Free Zones, Michael Okyere Baafi.
Ben Abdallah Banda, who is also the Chairman of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee has also lost the Offinso South seat.
Below is the list so far:
CONSTITUENCY | INCUMBENT MP | NEWBIE |
1. Bantama | Daniel Okyem Aboagye | Asenso Boakye |
2. Tema Central | Kofi Brako | Yves Hanson-Nortey |
3. Manyhia North | Collins Owusu Amankwa | Akwasi Konadu |
4. Nhyiaeso | Kennedy Kankam | Stephen Amoah |
5. La Dadekotopon | Vincent Sowah | Gerald Joseph Nyanyofio |
6. Kwesimintsim | Joseph Mensah | Prince H Armah |
7. Okaikwei South | Ahmed Arthur | Darkoa Newman |
8. Ablekuma North | Nana Akua Afriyie | Sheila Bartels |
9. Akwatia | Ama Sey | Ernest Yaw Kumi |
10. Bibiani-Anwiaso-Bekwai | Kingsley Aboagye Gyedu | Alfred Obeng Boateng |
11. Ejisu | Kwabena Owusu Aduomi | John Kumah |
12. Akim Oda | William Agyapong Quaitoo | Alexander Akwasi Acquah |
13. Navrongo Central | Kofi Adda | Tangoba Abayage |
14. Sissala West | Patrick Adamah | Nalewie Baluwie |
15. New Juaben South | Mark Assibey Yeboah | Michael Okyere Baafi |