Akosua Asaa Manu has announced that she will seek the New Patriotic Party (NPP) nomination for Adentan ahead of Ghana’s 2028 general election.
Manu, a former Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA), made her intentions public on Tuesday, November 10, the same day the NPP’s deadline for prospective parliamentary aspirants expired.
Known as “Kozie”, she said she was ready to continue the campaign she began with constituents before the 2024 polls, insisting that her work in the Greater Accra constituency was not complete.
“The work we started together in Adentan is far from over, and the vision we share for our constituency remains as important today as it was when we first began,” she stated.
Manu also said her determination had grown since her first parliamentary contest and appealed to NPP delegates and residents to support her renewed bid for the seat.
“Let’s run it back. Let’s finish the job in 2028,” she wrote.
Before entering the Adentan parliamentary race, Manu served as Special Advisor on Gender and Social Protection to former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. She has remained involved in public advocacy since the 2024 election.
Her recent public interventions have included calls for stronger national action to reduce maternal mortality, as well as demands for government intervention over alleged abuse at Obuasi Senior High Technical School.
Manu secured the NPP’s Adentan parliamentary ticket at the party’s primary on December 2, 2023. She won with 814 votes, defeating Kwasi Obeng Fosu and Kwame Obimpeh Winfred Nartey, who received 18 votes.
She subsequently stood for the constituency in the December 2024 general election but was defeated by the sitting National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP, Mohammed Adamu Ramadan.
Ramadan retained the seat and became the first MP in Adentan to win consecutive terms since the constituency was created in 2004.
Manu’s decision to contest again comes as other prominent NPP figures also seek the party’s parliamentary nominations for 2028. Edward Agyekum Kufuor has entered the race in Atwima Nwabiagya North, while Farouk Aliu Mahama is contesting in Yendi.
Her announcement marks a return to the Adentan contest after her unsuccessful first attempt in the 2024 election. She is now seeking to regain the NPP’s backing and mount a second campaign for the constituency in 2028.
