The founder of Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Rev. Isaac Owusu-Bempah, has predicted that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will lose the seven parliamentary seats recently awarded to them following the Electoral Commission’s (EC re-collation of results.
He suggested that after John Mahama takes office on January 7, 2024, the NPP would no longer retain the seats.
While he did not provide specific details on how this would happen, Rev. Owusu-Bempah strongly criticized the Electoral Commission’s handling of the re-collation process.
Speaking in a sermon to his congregation on Sunday, December 22, 2024, he stated, “I have heard that they have given the NPP some seats back. Didn’t they tell the public about those that won the seats, and they are now doing the re-collation? All the seven seats which have been given to the NPP, they will lose the seats again after January 7, when Mahama is sworn in. The EC chair, why is she doing that? She is something.”
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is set to have at least 89 seats in the upcoming 9th Parliament of Ghana following the resolution of disputed results in seven constituencies by the Electoral Commission (EC).
Prior to this re-collation, the NPP had secured 82 seats, as confirmed by Majority Leader Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin. However, after the EC’s intervention on December 21, 2024, the NPP emerged victorious in seven contested constituencies.
Among the key changes, four seats previously declared for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) were reversed in favor of the NPP. These included Obuasi East, Okaikwei Central, Tema Central, and Techiman South. In Obuasi East, the seat previously awarded to NDC’s Samuel Aboagye was re-declared for NPP’s Patrick Boakye-Yiadom, while Tema Central’s seat, initially declared for NDC’s Ebi Bright, went to NPP’s Charles Forson. Similarly, Techiman South’s seat, initially given to NDC’s Christopher Beyere Baasongti, was awarded to NPP’s Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah, and Okaikwei Central’s seat, which was given to NDC’s Baba Sadiq, was re-declared for NPP’s Dr. Patrick Boamah.
Additionally, the previously incomplete constituencies of Nsawam Adoagyiri, Ahafo Ano South West, and Ahafo Ano North were also declared in favor of NPP candidates Frank Annoh-Dompreh, Eric Nana Agyeman-Prempeh, and Elvis Osei Mensah Dapaah, respectively.
Two constituencies, however, are yet to be finalized: Ablekuma North and Dome Kwabenya. In Ablekuma North, NDC’s Ewurabena Aubynn was declared the winner despite missing results from 62 polling stations. NPP’s candidate, Nana Akua Owusu Afriyieh, is contesting the seat. In Dome Kwabenya, NDC’s Elikplim Akurugu emerged victorious over NPP’s Mike Oquaye Jnr.
With these results, the NDC now holds 181 seats in the 9th Parliament, with independent candidates securing four seats.
