NDC Hopeful Joshua Sika Nartey Vows to Make Takoradi Seat His Focus

Joshua Sika Nartey, who is seeking to become a National Deputy Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), says he will put winning the Takoradi constituency at the top of his agenda if he secures the position.

He made the pledge on Eyewitness News on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, as first reported by Citi News.

Takoradi has long been regarded as a stronghold of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Mr Nartey said he would rely on his background in grassroots mobilisation and his work with party supporters to help the NDC take the seat.

Explaining why the NDC had found it hard to win over voters in the constituency, he pointed in part to what he described as a long-held view that educated people in Takoradi were aligned with the NPP.

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"There was some kind of stigma, and people did not want to affiliate with the NDC," he said.

He added that the party may also have suffered because it did not carry out enough development projects in the area or create opportunities for residents to advance, which he said made the NDC unappealing at the time.

Mr Nartey also argued that the bond between the party and its ordinary members tended to weaken when elected officials and party executives lost touch with the grassroots.

"The reason why the NDC looks unattractive in Takoradi is that immediately the people get the position, they don’t come down to the ordinary people," he said.

He expressed confidence that the NDC could win the Takoradi parliamentary seat at the next election, and said his bid for the national deputy communications role was closely linked to that goal.

According to Mr Nartey, he has given the party chairman an assurance about where his attention would be directed should he win. He said that if elected, "my main aim is going to be Takoradi", adding that he would bring his enthusiasm and zeal to the effort.