Afigya Sekyere East MP funds all election forms and costs ahead of NPP polls

The Member of Parliament for Afigya Sekyere East, Mavis Nkansah-Boadu, has stepped up efforts to shore up grassroots support ahead of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) internal elections by footing the cost of nomination forms for polling station executives.

The move, estimated at about GH¢10,000, is widely seen as a strategic attempt to unify the party’s base in the constituency as it enters a competitive phase of internal reorganisation.

The NPP’s electoral calendar begins with polling station elections in mid-May, followed by electoral area contests in June and constituency polls in July, culminating in regional elections in August. These stages are critical in shaping local party structures and influence ahead of national contests.

For Nkansah-Boadu, now in her third term, the stakes are particularly high. While Afigya Sekyere East remains a traditional stronghold for the NPP, emerging interest from new contenders is expected to test her dominance, making early consolidation of grassroots loyalty essential.

Her intervention also underscores the importance of internal party elections in Ghana’s political landscape. Control of polling station structures often determines mobilisation strength, delegate alignment, and ultimately parliamentary candidacy.

The MP’s position is further reinforced by a track record of constituency projects spanning infrastructure, education, healthcare, and youth development, factors that have helped maintain her electoral appeal since first entering Parliament in 2017.

Analysts say such investments in party structures, combined with visible development work, are key to sustaining political capital in competitive constituencies. As the NPP’s internal process gathers pace, early moves like this could prove decisive in shaping both the party’s local hierarchy and its electoral fortunes in the Ashanti Region.