Baba Ali has been selected by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as their Parliamentary Candidate for the Ayawaso East by-election.
The NPP decision was made known by Divine Agorhom, the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the party.
Divine Agorhom highlighted that the party decided upon Baba Ali after broad consultations and a careful assessment of individuals capable of galvanising grassroots support.
According to him, the NPP was deliberate in selecting a candidate with deep party roots, organisational skills and humility.
Speaking on Accra-based Citi FM, Divine Agorhom explained, “We wanted someone with party experience, someone known within the party, who can knock on doors, reach everyone and work with the party so that, within this short time, we can get the constituency to accept him”.
“The gentleman we settled on appears to have ticked all these boxes. For that reason, we believe we are good to go. We have decided to settle on the constituency secretary, Baba Ali,” Agorhom added.
Earlier, Justin Frimpong Kodua, the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has declared that the party will contest the upcoming Ayawaso East by-election.
The NPP General Secretary revealed the party has already begun the process of selecting a suitable candidate.
Speaking on JoyNews on Wednesday, January 7, Mr Kodua stated, “Why shouldn’t we contest?” he asked. “The New Patriotic Party will contest the Ayawaso East by-election, and as I speak to you, we are doing our own candidate search to get a very good, well-accepted candidate to contest.”
Justin Kodua extended condolences to the family of the late Member of Parliament and the NDC.
He stated, “First and foremost, let me send my deepest condolences to the family and the NDC as a party”
“I was very surprised and shocked that he could make such a statement. This is not the first time we have had by-elections in this country,” he said.
Justin Kodua explained, “When the NPP decided not to contest Tamale Central, the NDC decided to contest Akwatia. So for whatever reason that influenced them to contest Akwatia, the same reason is also influencing us to contest the Ayawaso East by-election.”
“It’s not an issue of whether it is an NDC stronghold or not. We are going to contest, and we are going to make sure that we win the seat.”
“With issues of death, I know the Electoral Commission has about 60 days to organise the by-election. So I can assure you that before the Electoral Commission opens nominations, the NPP will have a candidate for the Ayawaso East by-election.”
Meanwhile, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have been cleared all five aspirants who filed nominations to contest the Ayawaso East parliamentary primary.
All five candidates have been cleared following a successful vetting exercise.
The vetting was held at the party’s Greater Accra Regional Office today, January 28, 2026.
Mohammed Ramme, the NDC Constituency Chairman; Amina Adam, widow of the late Member of Parliament; Baba Jamal Mohammed Ahmed, Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria; Yakubu Azindow; and Najib Mohammed have all cleared.
Speaking to the media, the NDC Greater Accra Regional Secretary, Theophilus Tetteh Chaie, stated, “We’ve also admonished them to go into the constituencies to do their needful by campaigning and ensuring that the right things are being done, just to ensure that what we started from the beginning will end successfully”.
The Ayawaso East by-election is scheduled to take place on March 3, 2026, in the Greater Accra Region.