The Member of Parliament for Tano North Constituency and Minister of State at the Presidency, Freda Prempeh, would be seeking a fourth term as nominations open for the NPP parliamentary primaries.
But she would be facing fierce competition from Dr. Gideon Boako, spokesperson for the Vice President, who has an eye on the seat.
The Tano North Constituency is expected to be one of the fiercely contested elections in the Ahafo Region.
But the incumbent MP, Freda Prempeh is confident of a win.
"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".
Four of the six seats in the Ahafo Region are held by the New Patriotic Party.
But the National Democratic Congress is also seeking to regain some of the seats, including that of the Tano North Constituency.
Incumbent Member of Parliament, Freda Prempeh won the 2020 election with 54.2 percent of the votes, less than the 58.1 percent obtained in 2016.
Freda Prempeh says some party members orchestrated the fall in numbers.
"At that time some constituency executives including the one you are talking about (Gideon Boako) took some people from my constituency to register in the adjoining constituency so my vote will drop. They claim to be NPP but they were hoping that I loss", she added.
The MP, who is seeking to retain the seat, will have to beat Dr. Gideon Boako in the party's primary before the general elections in 2024.
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