Dr. Kwasi Amakye Boateng, a political science lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has stated that Kennedy Agyapong is not suitable for the presidency because of his lack of knowledge about economic management.
He thinks that Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will easily win the New Patriotic Party’s presidential primaries on November 4.
Dr. Amakye Boateng has stated that he will be surprised if NPP delegates vote for Kennedy Agyapong, the MP for Assin Central, who came in second at the super delegates’ conference.
On Wednesday, September 5th, the political scientist declared on Asempa FM’s Ekosiisen that Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will undoubtedly be elected once Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen withdraws from the race due to electoral irregularities, harsh treatment, and bias at the super delegates’ conference.
“It’s a one-horse race and a straight win for Dr. Bawumia. I will be surprised if people in the NPP vote for Kennedy Agyapong. Kennedy Agyapong, socially, traditionally, and intellectually, he’s not a presidential material, and this must show. Ghanaians must demonstrate that we care about people who become our presidents, Dr. Amakye Boateng said.
“When you go into the literature of development, especially those that bother on the development of poor countries, there’s one key argument about leadership; there’s a short statement that says leadership matters and that political leaders in such countries should be knowledgeable, at least in economics. They should be knowledgeable generally. I don’t know the last school Kennedy Agyapong attended, and I don’t know what he learnt.”
“I am not sure he attended as a full-time student. What period did he attend the school? When you go to school and acquire knowledge, those of us watching from afar can attest to that. It’s one thing having a certificate, and there’s another thing through your actions and inaction, demonstrating that some new values have been placed in you.”
“When you take the social traditional issues, if you conduct yourself in public the way you did even in the last election, his pronouncements are very unbecoming of a potential president. You can engage a woman who might have hurt you in whatever way openly in public and use certain words, words that traditionally can cause you to be dragged before a queen mother and be penalized; then suddenly turn around to say you want to be president. On whose seat?” he inquired.
