President Akufo-Addo is urging members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to keep their heads up despite defeat in the Assin North by-election.
The President is confident that, sooner rather than later the party will reclaim the seat again
He said this in a statement issued on Wednesday, June 28.
Akufo-Addo who congratulated NDC on their victory, and Electoral Commission 'for a job well done' also commended the security for maintaining law and order in Tuesday's election.
“Yesterday, Tuesday 27 June 2023, Ghana’s democratic credentials were strengthened even further, following the conduct of peaceful and credible elections in the Assin North by-election. I congratulate warmly the chairperson and members of the Electoral Commission, again, for a job well done.
“The security services are to be commended for maintaining law and order during the holding of the elections; as [are] the media for providing extensive coverage before, during and after the elections.
“I congratulate the National Democratic Congress on its victory yesterday,” President Akufo-Addo wrote in his Facebook wall.
“I urge members of my party, the New Patriotic Party, to keep their heads up, recognising that, in a democracy, there are winners and losers, and that we live to fight another day. We once held the Assin North seat, and I am confident that, sooner rather than later, Assin North will be blue again,” the president said.
NDC's James Gyakye Quayson was declared the winner in the Assin North by-election on Tuesday.
Mr. Quayson polled 17,245 votes representing 57.56 percent of the total votes cast to beat Charles Opoku of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and Bernice Enyonam Sefenu of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG).
Charles Opoku polled 12,630 votes representing 42.15 percent of the total votes cast in the hotly contested by-election while the LPG’s Bernice Enyonam Sefenu polled a paltry 87 votes (0.29%).
