Kumawu Election: Everythingyou need to know about the candidates
Voters in Kumawu County of the Ashanti Region will go to the polls on Tuesday to elect a new Member of Parliament, in what is expected to be a tight contestbetween the two ruling parties, the National Democratic Congress NDC and New Patriotic Party NPP. .
The most anticipated election that made it necessary for the chairman Hon. The death of Philip Basoah also shows a strong independent politician,giving the two a chance to runin the race. OTEC News Correspondent Jacob Agyenim Boateng, who has been following the election closely, described the three main contenders, who are currently running for parliamentary seats without a chance in the election. .
First in the election was the NPP candidate from the New Patriotic Party, Mr. Ernest Yaw Anim.
The NPP candidate secured 195 votes to beat four other contestants in his party's election. Mr. Ernest Yaw Anim isa Senior Accountant at Vanguard Properties Development, Ghana.
He held several positions at Vanguard, including Financial Controller where he managed an annual budget of more than $4 million across four different functions. It also ensured compliance with all legal regulations - corporate and tax codes.
Before joining Vanguard, he was an account executive at Millennium Development Authority Ghana. He also worked as the ResourceManager, Tax Services for Nobisfields.
Ernest is a graduate assistant in the Department of Economicsat Ohio University and holds the following qualifications:
Masters in Finance from Ohio University, Professional Certificate in Accounting from ACCA and B. Com from the University of Cape Coast.
He is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA
Next to him is the National Democratic Congress NDCcandidate for the legislative post, Mr. Akwasi Amankwaa,who is skilled in Tomcee politics. Mr. Akwasi Amankwa was confirmed as the candidate for the party's House of Assembly in the May 23, 2023 local election, because no onechallenged him in the party's election.
Akwasi Amankwa, brother of NDC stalwart Dr Kwabena Duffour, has promised to get a seat for the Umbrella programme. Tom Cee, as he is fondly known, is a graduate of Cambridge International School Kwadaso.
Prempeh College and Thames Valley University London, UK (Business Administration. Heworks in Ghana as an entrepreneur and gold buyer/management consultant
NDC PC has also worked in the UK as Director of Logistics,Oasis Hotel Management.
He is from Kumawu Bodomase where Madame Charlotte Duffuor, his mother gave birth and raised him.
His father was Dwantoa King of Kumawu and Nana Baffour Badu
Mr. Kwaku Duah who is an independent is another person who has declared that he will cause a lot of shock in the ongoing elections. Mr. Kwaku Duah, who stood in the 2020 general election as an independent, came second with a total of 11,698 valid, or39.96% of the total votes, against Mr. Basoah who won the race with 14,960 correct votes, or 51.11 % of the votes. total votes.
The 62-year-old from Kumawu Bodomase is a registered nurse, businessman and farmer and came third in the polls. Last on the ballot was another independent who also goes bythe name of Kwaku Duah.
This young company will be the nephew of another independent person in the same race. Although voters did not know him until he announced his intention to run for office, some critics believe that the young independent, who hails from Bodomase, is being supportedby the NPP in a cunning plan to undermine the prospects of anindependent presidentialcandidate.
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