Over the weekend, the New Patriotic Party held its parliamentary primary at the Tuba AstroTurf in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region.
Member of Parliament for Bortianor Ngleshie Amanfro constituency, Sylvester Tetteh, emerged as the winner of the primary, securing 590 votes against his closest contenders, Madam Vida Agyekum Acheampong and Kojo Kuranchie.
The Principal Electoral Officer of the Electoral Commission, Mr Kwabena Ape Ayeh, declared Mr Sylvester Tetteh as the winner, as Madam Vida Agyekum Acheampong polled 465 votes and Mr Kojo Kuranchie got 34 votes.
While the primary was highly successful, there was an incident that halted voting when a delegate’s name was missing from the voter album. It took the intervention of the police to bring the situation under control.
In his victory speech, Mr Tetteh thanked his supporters and his campaign team for their hard work, calling for unity in the party and warning his supporters against wild celebrations that have the potential to affect party unity.
Earlier on, the National Chairman of the party, Mr Stephen Ntim, visited the voting centre to have first-hand information on how voting was conducted.
This victory for Mr Tetteh is for the party, and it is important for everyone to be on board to ensure the party breaks the eight, while he also breaks the four in the constituency.
