Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, Member of Parliament for Assin Central and New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearership candidate, is concerned that if Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia wins the NPP flagbearership battle, northerners will dominate the 2024 presidential elections.
A video of the MP that has gone viral on various social media platforms shows him bemoaning the possibility of the 2024 elections being an all-northern affair, referring to the election of former President John Dramani Mahama as the NDC’s candidate and the presence of All People’s Congress (APC) candidate Mahama Ayariga.
As a result, he questioned why the 2024 elections should be dominated by northerners, delivering a subtle message to NPP delegates to vote against Bawumia, a northerner.
“Mahama is a northerner. Ayariga is a northerner. Assuming Bawumia wins, he is also a northerner,” Kennedy Agyapong said in the viral radio interview.
“So in the face of Ghana politics, should it be only northerners? Ei what is this?” he added.
He continued: “Assuming the Vice President becomes the flagbearer, are you saying it should be only northerners? The party must watch this unfairness.”
“Northerners say when a northerner is not allowed to be the flagbearer, they won’t vote. Akans should also say that if an Alan is not elected they won’t vote,” he said.
It is unknown when the interview took place, but the studio’s surroundings imply that it took place on one of the local Ghanaian radio stations in the United States.
Kennedy Agyapong is one of four candidates standing in the NPP’s final election in November to choose a flagbearer for the 2024 elections.
Kennedy Agyepong finished second in the Super Delegates Conference, trailing Vice President Bawumia, who won the Super Delegates by a significant margin, receiving more than two-thirds of the votes.
