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Mussa Dankwa, the Executive Director of Global InfoAnalytics, has confidently stated the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will win the upcoming Akwatia by-election on September 2, 2025.
According to Mussa Dankwa, he is 99 per cent sure that the NDC will win the Akwatia by-election.
Mussa Dankwa confidently stood by his latest poll, which projected a victory for the NDC.
Speaking on TV3’s Key Points on Saturday, August 30, Mussa Dankwa stated, “I am 99% sure that the NDC will win the by-election”.
Mussa Dankwah, the Executive Director of Global Info Analytics, has revealed that the NDC parliamentary candidate for the Akwatia by-election has overtaken the NPP’s candidate three days to the election.
According to the new polls by the Global Info Analytics Bernard B. Baidoo, the NDC candidate’s lead has been propelled by voters who want development and also by senior high school and tertiary students voters who prefer the NDC candidate.
In the poll, Bernard B. Baidoo secured the NDC candidate’s lead with 53% and Asumadu of the NPP 47%.
Mussa Dankwah, in a post on X on Friday, August 29, wrote, “NDC’s Baidoo overtakes NPP’s Asumadu 3 days before the crucial polls for the main opposition in Akwatia. Baidoo’s lead is propelled by voters who want development and SHS, and tertiary voters who preferred Baidoo by larger margin.
Using the committed model, which is likely to be minimum vote for Baidoo, the NDC candidates lead with 53% and Asumadu of the NPP 47%”.
However, Haruna Mohammed, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Deputy General Secretary, has said the NPP will win the Akwatia by-election hands down.
According to Haruna Mohammned, the NPP are going to prove the Global Info Analytics poll wrong this time.
He revealed the NPP is not sacrosanct, but it remains confident of victory.
The NPP Deputy General Secretary noted that political polls are useful but are not absolute indicators of electoral outcomes.
Speaking on Citi Eyewitness News on Friday, August 29, Haruna Mohammed stated, “The keyword here is predict. And the summary of any prediction is based on if. What if the if doesn’t if?”
“We are not sacrosanct, and we’re not saying research should not be done. But the reality on the ground will be different. We will prove them wrong this time because the NPP is winning this seat hands down,” he insisted.
Haruna Mohammed added that the NPP is confident of surpassing the 52% margin earned by the late Ernest Kumi in the 2024 elections.
Also, Kwame Owiredu, the NPP spokesperson for the party’s campaign team in the constituency, has expressed confidence in retaining the Akwatia parliamentary seat.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s Akwatia on Thursday, August 28, Owiredu stated, “It is vibrating for the NPP. The NPP is poised to retain the Akwatia seat. Even though we are mourning our late MP Hon Ernest Kumi, we are still poised and determined to keep the seat and the grounds bear witness to this assertion”.
“Almost everybody is saying we are retaining the seat in Akwatia, and it is very important because this particular vote is a vote to vindicate and honour the name of Ernest Yaw Kumi,” he stated.
Meanwhile, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, the minority leader in parliament, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is shameless for contesting the Akwatia by-election.
The minority leader confidently stated that the NDC as a party has no shame; if they did, they would not contest the Akwatia by-election after the NPP decided not to contest the Tamale Central by-election because of the tragic demise of the MP in a helicopter crash.
Afenyo-Markin urged NPP supporters not to be intimidated and to stand firm, even if their opponents come with guns during the by-election.
Speaking at the 40-day observation of the late Akwatia Member of Parliament for Akwatia, Ernest Yaw Kumi, Afenyo-Markin stated, “If the NDC brings guns, face them squarely with confidence and prayers.”
“Do not let anyone instil fear in you. The things going on in parliament are painful. Go out in your numbers and vote.
The NDC has no shame as a party. If the NDC had shame when we (NPP) decided not to contest the Tamale Central by-election, they should have done the same at Akwatia”, he added.