Kennedy Agyapong, a former member of parliament for Assin Central and a NPP presidential candidate hopeful, has subtly told NPP delegates to reject presidential aspirants who are apologising to them.
According to Kennedy Agyapong, he would speak the truth by apologising to NPP members in Techiman South, as the party has not been fair to them in the last eight years they were in power.
The former lawmaker noted that the NPP members’ wealth is now being felt as the party is now in opposition, going through hardship.
Speaking at Techiman South during a campaign tour, Kennedy Agyapong stated, “Before I speak, I would like to apologise to all delegates here, from the constituency executive, patrons, Council of elders, electoral area coordinators, and polling station executives, as for me, I will speak the truth, the party for eight years has not been fair to us. I am standing on behalf of the party to beg you.
It is because of that that you did not come out in your numbers to vote; in just these 8 months, we have noticed your wealth. The hardship that we are going through now and the things the NDC are doing to the NPP members, please forgive us”.
Mr Agyapong further urged NPP delegates not to repeat the mistake of the past by voting against him.
According to him, in every corner of Ghana, the Ghanaian people are saying they want Kennedy Agyapong.
Kennedy Agyapong added, “However, what I am putting before you on January 31st 2026, is that the mistake that we made in the past by letting people intimidate us, people using money to entice us not to vote for someone, Ghanaians are saying, when we bring him, they will vote for. By now we will be in power, let me ask, if I were in power, would I sack NPP workers? But you knew plainly that Ghanaians wanted Kennedy Agyapong.
The last time we made a mistake, I have forgiven you, and I am here today this time around. Try me for four years, if the things I say today I am not able to fulfil them, vote against me after four years”.
Also, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia rendered an unqualified apology to Ghanaians for the way they led and governed the country.
The former vice president was speaking to some party faithful in the Ashanti Region as part of his regional tour of uniting and re-energising the base of the party.
Dr Bawumia, who did not exempt himself from the mistakes of the previous government, pleaded for forgiveness on behalf of all those who were part of the erstwhile Akufo-Addo-led government.
“After the 2024 elections, we have done our research. We know the NPP government and the party made a lot of mistakes in governance. There were things we needed to do which we didn’t, and others we did that, if we had had the benefit of background, we would not have done them,” he said.
He stressed that the blame was not his alone but a collective responsibility of the party’s leadership. “We are all to be blamed – Vice President, Ministers, MPs, Board Chairmen, appointees. We have all made mistakes, and please forgive us. We’re sorry. We have learned our lessons,” he added.
Dr Bawumia assured delegates that, if given the mandate as flagbearer and subsequently elected President, he would ensure that the past would not be repeated.
“If, by the grace of God, you make me the flagbearer and I become the President, these will not happen again. They will not happen again,” he pledged.
Prof Kingsley Nyarko, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso, has said he does not understand why people blame the New Patriotic Party (NPP) defeat on Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
He emphasised that it is illogical to blame the defeat solely on Bawumia, as the party had 138 parliamentarians across the 276 constituencies but could not maintain its seat in the 2024 general election.
According to him, if the NPP had won more seats or maintained their seat with Dr Bawumia losing, he would have sided with those accusing the former vice president of the party’s defeat.
Speaking during Dr Bawumia’s Ashanti Region tour, Prof Kingsley Nyarko stated, “I don’t really understand when I hear people blame the NPP 2024 loss on Dr Bawumia. What if we had won? What would those people say? Wouldn’t these same people be crediting themselves if the party had won? Were they not part of the campaign? Why blame it on Dr Bawumia?”.
He further detailed, “Before the elections, we had 138 parliamentarians across the 276 constituencies in Ghana. If we had won more seats or maintained the 138 seats for Dr Bawumia to lose, then I would side with those blaming the defeat on him. Now the 138 has reduced to 87.
Why do you make such an argument that Dr Bawumia is the cause of our defeat? It doesn’t make any sense to me. If the majority of MPs reduced to 88, now 87, for one man to gain almost 42 per cent, why do you blame him for the defeat? It doesn’t make sense”, Prof Nyarko explained.
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