Afrifa-Mensah pays nomination fees for 730 NPP delegates
Long before any formal declaration, the signals have been hard to miss. And now, with nomination fees paid for 730 NPP delegates in the Afigya Sekyere East constituency, broadcaster Okatakyie Afrifa-Mensah has made his most tangible political statement yet.
The media personality, currently in the United States completing a Master of Laws degree, did not make the payment in person, but the message it carried was unmistakably personal. Through his team members Peter Mensah and Bernard Agyemang, Okatakyie covered the nomination forms of executives contesting in the NPP’s upcoming internal elections, with a note that left little ambiguity about the kind of leader he intends to be.
“I have just paid for your nomination form for the upcoming delegate elections. You don’t owe me anything. I did it because I believe in you, and because the people of Afigya Sekyere East deserve leaders who are taken care of, not taken for granted. Go and pick your form. It is ready,” he wrote on social media.
He went further, announcing that any individual expressing interest in any position would also have their application fees covered, a gesture that blends political strategy with a carefully crafted image of selfless leadership.
The move comes as speculation about his parliamentary ambitions continues to grow. As far back as February 21 this year, Okatakyie used his For the Records show to lay out what he described as a “rebuilding agenda” for the constituency, name-dropping executives he intends to work with and expressing quiet confidence about his prospects in the 2028 general elections, provided he clears the NPP primaries first.
“The General Secretary has brought the election timetable for the party’s internal elections, and I have an interest in contesting the Afigya Sekyere East Constituency parliamentary seat. We want the party to look attractive, so whatever happens, we will follow keenly and ensure the party becomes attractive again,” he said at the time.
The groundwork, it appears, stretches back even further. In December 2025, eagle-eyed viewers of his show noticed him on air wearing a black shirt bearing the words “Sekyere Ni Ba”, meaning “the son of Sekyere”, a detail that, in hindsight, looks less like a coincidence and more like the opening line of a carefully written political story.
Okatakyie has been candid about the personal significance of the constituency to his identity. Born in Asante Agona, shaped by his grandmother in Suame, and educated at KNUST Primary School and Mfantsipim before going on to study Public Relations and later Diplomacy and International Relations at GIMPA, he frames his academic and professional journey as one that was always meant to circle back home.
“The young child shaped by KNUST Primary School and moulded by Mfantsipim School is the same child whose life has opened doors I never imagined,” he reflected, adding that if Afigya Sekyere East does not benefit from everything he has built, then none of it would mean very much at all.
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