The Deputy Director of Elections of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Rashid Tanko Computer has said that the party will insist that the Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, Michael Okyere Baafi resigns his position.
According to him, if Mr Baafi does not resign voluntarily, the NDC will petition the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin for the MP’s seat to be declared vacant.
“We will not forgive him. If we do, Ghanaians will not trust politicians. ,” Tanko-Computer stressed.
He was reacting to a statement by the New Juaben South MP.
“If NPP loses this Akwatia by-election, I will resign as MP, mark my words,” he is quoted to have said in an interview on August 31, 2025.
After the NDC’s candidate emerged winner, Mr Baafi is reported to have apologised for his assertion.
Tanko Computer responded that, “he said it himself so he must resign. He must resign so that we have a by-election in his constituency.”
Earlier, a Security Expert, Dr. Ishmael Norman also called on Mr Michael Okyere Baafi to resign from his position in fulfillment of his pledge.
Speaking in an interview on TV3’s coverage of the Akwatia by-election on September 2, Dr. Norman noted that if Okyere Baafi does not resign, the NPP must kick him out.
“I want to see honourable Baafi resign because he made this announcement. I wish there was a way that constituencies can have a vote of no confidence.
“Seriously, who compelled him to make that statement that if NPP doesn’t win, he will resign. NPP would not so he should otherwise the party should kick him out,” he stated.
Dr. Norman argued that the New Juaben South MP must honour his statement and failure to do so smacks of lack of credibility within the NPP.
“It goes to the fact that there’s no credibility within NPP as it is now,” he added.
He stressed that: “I believe that the NPP structure has collapsed. They are trying to build it up top-down and it doesn’t work that way. So, for me, I think it is one of those things that the party does that they have to move away from.”
The by-election was necessitated by the death of the area’s lawmaker, Ernest Yaw Kumi. Voting closed at 5pm, sorting and counting has been done with results collation ongoing as of the time of publication of this story.
