By Dennis Peprah, GNA
Wenchi, (Bono), May 23, GNA – The “G Boys”, a youth group and political fan club of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Wenchi Constituency has called on Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the Election 2028 flagbearer of the party to maintain Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh as his running-mate.
They justified that the Election 2024 had well marketed Dr Prempeh, who was then vice-presidential candidate of the NPP in the eyes of the electorate.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Wenchi in the Bono Region, Mr Richard Kwadwo Adu, the founder and convener of the group, reminded former Vice President Alhaji Bawumia that picking a different running-mate would not augur well for the party.
He said that Dr Prempeh, also former Member of Parliament (MP) for Manhyia South and a former minister of state was well marketed now, and well known among the electorate, saying that it would be politically inexpedient to change him for another running-mate for the NPP.
Mr Adu, also a former Wenchi Constituency youth organiser of the NPP, said the group was confident that Dr Prempeh would help Alhaji Dr Bawumia and the NPP to grab political power in Election 2028 because the electorate had come to like him.
“The electorate has come to understand and like Dr Prempeh more and more because of his integrity, track records, compassion and selflessness,” he stated.
Mr Adu who declared his intention to contest the Wenchi constituency chairmanship slot of the NPP said that he was vying for the position to “just to lead my group to work hard and ensure that Bawumia and Napo returns the NPP to political power in Election 2028.”
He said for that and other many other reasons, it would not be advisable for Alhaji Dr Bawumia to change Dr Prempeh for any other person as the party’s Election 2028 running mate, justifying that Dr Prempeh the NPP could poll more votes in the Ashanti and Bono Regions.
“This is because Dr Prempeh now has a solid grassroot support base in the Ashanti and Bono Regions,” Mr Adu said.
He added: “We understand that today is Dr Prempeh’s 58th birthday, and we wished him well.”
GNA
Edited by Benjamin Mensah
Reporter: Dennis Peprah