Kennedy Agyapong, a potential flagbearer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has fired salvos at Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia‘s campaign.
The Assin Central MP issued a stern warning to the vice president’s campaign in a speech to NPP delegates in the Kintampo East Constituency as part of his ongoing campaign, noting that he will go on the offensive if the personal attacks against him do not stop.
“They go about claiming to be strategists; strategist is what has brought us here today. Ghana is the only place that those who send the country to IMF claim to be strategists.
“If NPP people don’t engage in a clean campaign they will be in trouble because for me when you say something I will reply to you.
“For someone who claims to be a strategist, the dollar was GH¢4 equivalent when we took power today the dollar is GH¢12. Do you think you are a strategist? Excuse me, strategist! Please,” he said.
Dr. Bawumia, who is also running for NPP flagbearer, has a lot of support from party officials, including ministers, lawmakers, and other government officials.
Ken Agyapong, one of his critics, has been quick to point out that the current administration’s key players have no right to be the NPP’s flagbearer because doing so would put the party at risk of losing the 2024 elections.
“One guy sits at the Ministry of Finance and brags that I am a strategist. You, the day you stood in parliament and bragged that it will be over your dead body that Ghana will go to the IMF, it was the same afternoon that Ghana went to the IMF.
“You have no shame. He said Ghana won’t go to the IMF in the morning, the afternoon of the same day Ghana went to the IMF. You dare claim to be a strategist.
“Please, let’s conduct a clean campaign, if they want to be dirty, I can equally be dirty as they do but for me, I do that with truthfulness, not lies and propaganda. That is my last warning to them that we should conduct a clean campaign,” he warned.
According to Ken Agyapong, the NPP has a good chance of losing the elections in 2024 if members of the current administration are permitted to serve as party leaders.
In contrast to the typical economic background that has been relied on over the years, the businessman claims that he has the practical qualities needed to lead the nation.
