New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer aspirant Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has expressed dissatisfaction with the occupation of key political positions by people from northern Ghana in the NPP administration
He alleged that people from the Western and Central only get “used and dumped” and never enjoy the spoils of power.
Speaking on a campaign tour in the Western Region, Mr. Agyapong stressed that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) does not belong to only northerners, adding that if northerners engage in tribalistic campaigns, he will do the same.
“Chooboi! Listen to me attentively. They say you should vote for whom? We are in Western Region, the Vice President is from the North, the Defence Minister is from the North, Interior Minister from the North, the Sports Minister from the North, Tourism Minister from the North, Women Ministry from the North. Why? Are they the only voters in the country?
Because they are satisfied they want you to go and vote for somebody. If they go tribal we will also go tribal. The party is not only for them. Every day they use Central and Western Regions and after that dump us. Is that not nonsense?… We are humans and not animals,” he said.
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is the only person from Northern Ghana in the New Patriotic Party NPP flagbearership contest. His pronouncements have been deemed to be against the candidature of Dr Bawumia who is seen as the frontrunner in the contest so far.
Meanwhile, the reference to the north has been misconstrued to mean a region when in fact there are five regions that make up the area.
