Mr Makafui Kofi Woanyah has been re-elected as the Volta Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for another four-year term at elections held in Ho on Saturday.
Mr Woanyah polled 169 votes to defeat his contender, Mr Joseph Homenya, who obtained 148 votes out of the 317 valid votes cast.
Declaring the results, Mr Kafui Kwadzo Kpe, the Presiding Officer for the elections, announced the other elected regional executives as Mr Kenneth Kodjo Ayim, First Vice Chairman; Mr Parlous Quarshie, Second Vice Chairman; Mr Shabanton Moses Kwesi Dutsrogbe, Secretary; and Mr Titus Attamiah, Deputy Secretary.
The others were Mr Oxford Korsi Agboli, Treasurer; Mr Christo Wisdom Klutse, Organiser; Madam Lebene Cate Gbeti, Women’s Organiser; Mr Emmanuel Senyo Amekplenu, Youth Organiser; Mr Perry Kwashie Nuwordu, Communication Officer; and Mr Abdulai Suala, Nasara Coordinator.
In his victory speech, Mr Woanyah described the election as a hard-fought contest and said the outcome signaled the NPP’s determination to strengthen its structures and make significant gains in the Volta Region.
“It’s a battle we fought, and I can tell you that this is a signal to the NDC. The Volta Region is coming fully on board. We’re going to put our house in order and unite the party in the Volta Region,” he said.
He said the new regional leadership would work to unite members and mobilise the party’s grassroots to improve its electoral fortunes in the region.
Mr Woanyah said the party would adopt new strategies to win back the confidence of voters, particularly those who had supported the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in previous elections.
“I can assure the NDC that come December 7, 2028, victory will be NPP’s,” he said, adding that the result was a “sweet victory for a unifying party.”
He acknowledged that he had anticipated a wider margin of victory, but said the contest proved more competitive than expected.
Mr Woanyah said the campaign had provided him and his team with valuable feedback from grassroots members and party executives, pointing to the need for greater unity and collective action.
“Going through the campaign, the sort of questions and submissions that I had from the grassroots and executives point to the fact that we need to do a lot in unifying the party and putting our ambitions together so that we can actually wrestle power from the NDC,” he said.
He pledged to do things differently in this term by prioritising party unity, grassroots mobilisation and the strengthening of the party’s organisational structures across the region.
The election attracted 323 delegates, with 318 votes cast, and was conducted under the supervision of the Electoral Commission.