Agogo Salt FM owner unseats NPP's Andy Appiah Kubi from Asante Akyem North seat

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Asante Akim North, Andy Appiah-Kubi, has lost his seat to an independent candidate, Ohene Kwame Frimpong.

Mr Frimpong won decisively with 26,926 votes, while Mr Appiah-Kubi got 8,933 votes.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s candidate, Kofi Asamoah, got 2,469 votes.

Born and raised in Asante Akyem Agogo, he experienced firsthand all the difficulties of living in a small town so when he finally attained a position where he could help, entrepreneur Ohene Kwame Frimpong didn’t think twice about going back to the place where his umbilical cord was cut.

After careful thought, the 39-year-old, who owns The New Grace restaurant in the US city of Chicago, settled on media and established Salt Media GH, which has Salt 95.9 FM, Salt TV and saltfmonline.com.

According to him, he decided to use that route because he realised one of the most important things people needed was a medium to educate and entertain them.

Then come 2024, he offered to contest the Asante Akim North seat as an independent candidate.

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