The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer candidate Kennedy Agyapong has come under fire from a group of market women at the Kumasi Central Market for recent remarks he made while campaigning.
The Assin Central MP allegedly engaged in tribal politics during his weekend “Showdown Walk” in Kumasi, according to trader groups.
Akans and Northerners are not welcome in Ghana, according to a representative of the “NPP Identifiable Groups at Kumasi Central Market, Kejetia and Race Course” in a video that has gone viral on social media.
She asserts that Ghana belongs to all Ghanaians and that tribal politics have no place in the nation.
“Kennedy Agyapong recently traveled abroad and we heard him speaking and claiming that Dr Mahamudu Bawumia (a Northern) is contesting and John Mahama (also a Northern) is contesting and Alban Bagbin (the current speaker of Parliament) is also nursing ambitions and that, it is time for Akans to rise up and insist that the NPP elects an Akan candidate”
“The NPP is not for Akans and it is not for Northerners. NPP is a “Ghana party” that looks carefully at the work and commitment of an individual before he or she is chosen to lead the party. It is on this basis that we the market women at the Central Market are rallying behind Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to lead the NPP” the Market woman said in her local language, Twi.
“We the market women at Central Market do not believe in insults. We believe in the power of our vote and our influence. We interact with many votes and we engage them in conversations, so we can convince up to ten (10) or more.
“This is the reason why we are calling on NPP delegates to elect Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as the party’s presidential candidate because he is the one all the people we are interacting with are calling for ahead of the December 2024 general elections” she added.
Kennedy Agyapong has called for an honest and open election process and warned that if he detects any rigging or unfair tactics, he won’t hesitate to challenge the party.
