Alexander Akwasi Acquah, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Akim Oda, has said Kennedy Agyapong, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant promised him a ministerial appointment if he became president while he was contesting the NPP flagbearership in 2023.
According to the Oda MP, Kennedy Agyapong made the promise when he visited the Akim Oda constituency to campaign.
He revealed Ken Agyapong assured residents that he was among the two MPs from the Eastern Region he would appoint as ministers.
The Oda MP highlighted that he rejected Kennedy Agyapong to support for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as he believed the latter had the potential to win the election.
Speaking in an interview on Wontumi TV on October 24, 2025, the Akim Oda MP explained, “In my constituency, people are saying I want Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to win so he can give me an appointment. So, I met my delegates and asked them: if they voted for me and Bawumia also wins and gives me an appointment, is that bad? They said no”.
“When we came to power, I didn’t get any appointment. It was only six months before the elections that I was made Deputy Minister of Health.”
He continued, “But prior to the election, Hon Kennedy Agyapong came to my constituency to campaign and told the people that the first two ministers he would appoint from the Eastern Region, I was part of because of my hard work.
“If I had known Kennedy would win, I would have followed him, but I ignored that and supported Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.”
“Another person has also promised me the Health Minister position,” he added.
Also, Alhassan Tampuli Sulemana, the Member of Parliament for Gushegu, has said the former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Omo and Pepsodent.
The lawmaker likened Dr Bawumia to Ghanaian consumers who always refer to any washing powder as Omo or any toothpaste to Pepsodent.
According to Alhassan Tampuli Sulemana, Dr Bawumia is NPP’s most preferred and marketable candidate to lead the party into the 2028 election.
He emphasised that Bawumia’s name has become synonymous with the NPP’s potential flagbearer.
Speaking in an interview with Channel One TV on October 23, 2025, Alhassan Tampuli Sulemana stated, “Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is our Omo, he’s our Pepsodent.
He recounted feedback from his constituents, “Some of them are saying, Dr Bawumia is like a well-marketed product. He’s the one that we have marketed more. And some of them even told us, Now look, we still even have his t-shirts.
So, if you go and bring somebody, as a matter of fact, if you bring some of the other aspirants to this community, nobody will recognise them”, Tampuli claimed.
He further insisted the decision to support Dr Bawumia was based on a careful assessment of all five contenders.
“We have seen them, we have weighed their capacity. We have weighed their likelihood of capturing political power for the NPP and in all humility… We have weighed them and we have sieved their strengths, their weaknesses. And we think that Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is the best person to lead us to the promised land”, he stated.
Meanwhile, Sixty-three (63) Members of Parliament of the New Patriotic Party have thrown their support for the former vice president and flagbearer hopeful, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
According to the Sixty-three MPs, they are confident in Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s leadership and his commitment to Ghana’s development.
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