Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi and former Minister for Works and Housing, has said the ongoing internal contest ahead of the 2028 flagbearership race mirrors the famous Biblical story involving King Solomon and two women over the rights to a baby.
According to Oppong Nkrumah, in the Biblical narration, two feuding women were fighting over ownership of the baby, with one caring about the safety of the baby and another asking King Solomon to slit the baby in two and give equal parts to them.
He recounted that King Solomon, in his wisdom, was able to determine the rightful mother, urging the NPP delegates to note that the utterances by some of the aspirants aimed at creating confusion and disaffection for the party.
Speaking to NPP delegates of his constituency, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah stated, “I want to refer all to the Bible, First Kings 3:16. This is where you find King Solomon and the two women who were fighting for the rights to a baby,” Oppong Nkrumah told his constituents.
“When you look at the conversations going on in our internal contest, you’ll realise that whilst some of the aspirants are conducting themselves in a manner that promotes party unity and internal cohesion, others are stoking fire and fuelling disunity, just like the woman who wanted the baby killed,” he said.
He added, “When you listen to the messages of some of the aspirants, it is all about disunity, knocking heads together and causing confusion in our party. They only say things that will make the party unattractive.”
“However, one man, Dr Bawumia, never does that. Today that he’s here, he won’t insult anybody; he won’t say things that will bring disunity to the party. He always talks about his vision and what he will do for this party and the country.”
“So if you want to know, in Biblical context, who you think is the rightful owner (of the child) in this our internal context, as is said in Kings 3:16, the one who is creating disunity and chaos is not the rightful owner.”
Oppong Nkrumah added, “I always say that in this party, we always build up to a level and then some people try to bring everything down. God has given us a gift because, despite all the challenges in 2024, we had a man who was able to lead us to secure 41.7%.
“We have an opportunity to present him again and build on what we have done, but some people are bent on destroying everything with divisive comments and asking you to destroy everything. These are people who do not love the party’s progress.”
Meanwhile, the Global InfoAnalytics latest poll has revealed that former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, and presidential candidate hopeful for the NPP, leads in thirteen out of the sixteen regions in Ghana.
The poll revealed Dr Bawumia continues to dominate the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential primaries.
The Global InfoAnalytics revealed that the poll was conducted between 17th and 21st November 2025 among 3,500 delegates across all 16 regions.
The poll, however, shows that Dr Bawumia and Kennedy Agyapong’s support has slightly declined since October.
Global InfoAnalytics’ likely voters’ model indicated that, “Dr Bawumia: 42.7%, Kennedy Agyapong: 17.7%, Dr Bryan Acheampong: 4.6%, Dr Yaw Adutwum: 0.3%, and Kwabena Adjei Agyapong: 0.3%”.
With 14.9% of delegates not disclosing their voting intentions, while 19.3% remain.
Also, committed voters, Dr Bawumia’s lead widens: “Dr Bawumia: 63.3%, Kennedy Agyapong: 28.6%, and Dr Acheampong: 6.9%”.
The poll revealed that Dr Bawumia leads in 13 regions, with Kennedy ahead only in the Volta region, with the Central region tied.
In addition, Mussa Dankwah, the Executive Director, Global Info Analytics, has made a bold call that Kennedy Agyapong will win the Volta Region in NPP’s presidential primaries, Dr. Bawumia will win in the Eastern Region.
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