Member of Parliament for Tano North Constituency and Minister of State at the Presidency, Freda Prempeh, has expressed her intention to seek a fourth term as nominations open for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries.
The upcoming contest is expected to be fiercely contested, with Freda Prempeh facing competition from Dr. Gideon Boako, the spokesperson for the Vice President.
The Tano North Constituency, located in the Ahafo Region, is anticipated to be a highly competitive election, and the outcome will be closely watched within the political landscape.
Despite the expected challenges, Freda Prempeh has conveyed confidence in her ability to secure victory and continue her representation in the constituency.
“If you are a sitting Member of Parliament, a former Deputy Minister, a Minister of State at the Presidency and somebody calls himself a spokesperson and calls himself a strong force, a strong force for where?”, she asked.
According to her, “those who think they have arrived and they are spokespersons, they got that because of my hard work”.
In the Tano North Constituency of the Ahafo Region, four out of the six seats are currently held by the New Patriotic Party (NPP). However, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is actively working to regain some of these seats, with a focus on the Tano North Constituency.
In the 2020 election, the incumbent Member of Parliament, Freda Prempeh, secured victory with 54.2% of the votes, a decrease from the 58.1% obtained in the 2016 election. Freda Prempeh has suggested that certain actions by party members might have contributed to the decline in voter numbers.