Six NPP Incumbent Chairmen Lose Seats In Upper West Constituency Elections

Six incumbent chairmen of the governing New Patriotic Party have lost their seats in the Upper West Region in the party’s just ended constituency executive elections, while three others did not seek re-election.The only two sitting chairmen who retained their seats contested the elections unopposed. The NPP constituency executive

elections was conducted without any major hindrance in all the eleven constituencies of the Upper West Region, but with heavy security presence especially in the Sissala West and the Wa Central constituencies. A total of 6,712 delegates also took part in the voting exercise with 308 persons also contesting for various positions in the 11

constituencies of the region. In what some described as a verdict on the leadership of the NPP in the region, only two out of the eight incumbent chairmen who sought re-election managed to escape defeat. In the Wa Central Constituency, incumbent chairman, Ali Kamara lost to Osman Hamid, while Kuunifaa Kennedy also beat Alhaji

Donkor to also become the new chairman of the Lawra constituency. Alhaji Sumaila and Felix Naa won the Wa East and also the Dafiama-Busie-Issa chairmanship slots respectively after defeating the incumbents. The story was no different at the Lambusie and the Nadowli-Kaleo constituencies where the old chairmen lost to Alhaji

Karim Kasim and K O Yenge respectively. Incumbents for the Sissala East and Nandom constituencies however also managed to escape defeat as they all contested unopposed. Seidu Bukari of Wa West, Justin Dakura of Jirapa, and Bukari Dramani of Sissala West did not seek re-election, paving the way for new entrants. The Sissala

West Nasara Coordinator who was attacked by some thugs also retained his position on his hospital bed. The Communication Officer says the only way the NPP will maintain or increase their votes in the region will be for the rank and file of the party to bury their differences and work in a united front.