Kwame Owusu, Campaign Manager of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Kennedy Agyapong, has said that indeed, his boss will definitely give Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia a showdown in the truest sense of the word when the NPP goes to the polls to elect their flagbearer on November 4 ahead of the 2024 general elections.
He suggested that Kennedy Agyapong’s ‘showdown, which has now become a lexicon in the political sphere, will be translated literally during the elections. He made this known in a fresh interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Eyewitness News on Citi FM.
He said;
Yes we are going to give them a showdown. You know he has been a leader. Everything that he says, he’s a pacesetter. Everything that he does. Even look at the showdown, now it has become a message for everybody including Dr Bawumia using it about two or three times. So he is a pacesetter and for us, he is going to actually give him a showdown come Nov 4 and people are very excited about this term and it is going like bushfire. And we are going to give them a showdown.
Meanwhile, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has maintained his top position on the ballot as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) prepares to hold its 2024 flagbearer elections.
The balloting took place on Wednesday, September 13, at the party’s headquarters in Accra. The results indicate that Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who garnered the majority of votes in the first round of polls on Saturday, August 26, secured the second position.
Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, a former Minister of Food and Agriculture, secured the third position, while Francis Addai-Nimoh, a former MP for Mampong, secured the fourth position.
With the withdrawal of former Minister of Trade and Industry Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, only four aspirants will participate in the primary.
Relatedly, the run-off election scheduled for September 2, 2023, to determine the winner of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer race between Francis Addai-Nimoh and Boakye Kyeremateng Agyarko has been cancelled. The party’s leadership made the decision following Mr. Agyarko’s withdrawal from the contest.
