22-year-old Francisca’s strategy was better than mine – Kwabre East MP

The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Member of Parliament for Kwabre East, Kofi Frmpong has admitted to Citi News that 22 year old Francsica Oteng Mensah campaigned better than he did to win last Saturday’s Parliamentary primaries.

[contextly_sidebar id=”VGVqMGxtYR3K1SBmXakwUiIU2Pv09fvv”]The veteran politician who has been in Parliament since 2004 was kicked out by the 22-year-old student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

Speaking to Citi News, Kofi Frimpong further assured that despite his loss, he will ensure that projects he has started in the Kwabre East constituency will see completion.

“The reason is that somebody’s strategies were better than mine. When I was coming to Parliament, I defeated somebody older than me. Of all the three candidates I was the youngest yet I defeated them all. If age matters or counts in elections, I was the youngest of the three that I defeated in the year 2004. So if somebody is the youngest that has defeated the four of us, why should I complain? Her strategies worked better than I did and that is why she has won.”

Francisca Oteng-Mensah, a law student beat incumbent MP Kofi Frimpong by polling 321 votes in the primaries.

Mr Frimpong secured 187 votes while two other aspirants, Lawyer Osei-Poku and K. Adjei-Sefa polled 202 and 33 votes respectively.

In a related development, 24 other incumbent NPP MPs lost their bid in the primaries. Some of the included Dr. Richard Anane of Nhyiaeso Constituency, Dr. Afriyie Akoto of Kwadoso, Isaac Osei, Subin Constituency and Addai Nimo, Mampong.

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By: Godwin A. Allotey/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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