Famous Ghanaian pollster Ben Ephson has cool down intentions of former Trade Minister, Mr. Alan Kyeremanten teaming up with New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential hopeful, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong to battle it out with Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for the NPP flagbearership on November 4, 2023.
According to Mr. Ephson, it is impossible to have two Akans on a ticket. He said he highly doubt it will happen.
He went to state that he wouldn’t be surprise if the former Trade Minister walks out of NPP and contest as an independent candidate in the 2024 general elections.
#Election2024: Alan Kyeremanten will not partner Kennedy Agyapong. Two Akans on a ticket will never happen – Ben Ephson suspects the former Trade minister might run as an independent candidate#MetroNews pic.twitter.com/URqSbdvJq4
— Metro TV Ghana (@metrotvgh) September 6, 2023
In the same interview with Metro TV, Ben Ephson minimized the impact of Alan Kyerementen’s withdrawal from the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) contest for flagbearer.
He claimed that the former Minister of Trade and Industry’s withdrawal from the race wouldn’t significantly affect the ruling party in the general elections of 2024.
“I think that many of those who will vote for Alan Kyerematen in the primaries love NPP more than Alan Kyerematen as a person,” Ben Ephson said.
He continued by emphasizing Alan Kyerematen’s prior party involvement, saying, “Now if he leaves and contests as an independent candidate or on another party’s ticket for the 2024 general elections, for your listeners who are 30 years and below, they will not remember that 17 years ago when President Akufo-Addo defeated Alan Kyerematen, he resigned from the NPP before coming back to the party.”
Ephson also addressed the impact of the party structure, saying, “Now he makes a point about the hierarchy of government supporting a candidate; 17 years ago, President Kufour’s government and hierarchy supported him and he lost, so a system supporting you does not guarantee victory.”
The former trade minister Alan Kyerematen made the announcement that he would not be running for NPP presidential race in a statement that was released on Tuesday, September 5.
