The former legislator, who emerged victorious in the primaries, has been accused of engaging in vote-buying, which has cost him his job as Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria. It can be recalled that in 2016, Baba Jamal made news headlines after he lost the Akwatia seat to the NPP’s Mercy Ama Sey, whom he described as a mere hairdresser. He polled 15,905 votes, while Ama Sey, whom he described as a hairdresser, garnered 21,433 of the total valid votes cast, according to provisional results from the Akwatia constituency. It took Jamal over a decade to win the Akwatia seat in 2012, having contested four times in a row. Click to read the original storyBAICocoa value chain players warn of deepening industry decline

Source: GhanaWeb February 09, 2026 05:25 UTC