A prospective flagbearer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has charged the ruling party with treating one of its major donors, Eunice Jacqueline Buah Asomah-Hinneh, unfairly.
Kennedy Agyapong asserts that Miss Asomah-Hinneh’s Labianca Company did not fail as a result of some party members’ lack of gratitude, but rather as a result of the agony and serious anguish that they caused her.
“There is an ex-police officer in Berekum whose wife operates a cold store at Tema. It was the woman who paid duty for the clearance of 80 pick up cars… But do you know something… today it is her turn, but tomorrow it may be your turn,” Kennedy Agyapong told NPP delegates in Berekum during a campaign stop.
He pointed out that Miss Asomah-Hinneh has endured so much suffering that she reacts with amazement when a certain minister from the Ashanti Region is mentioned.
“A young minister from Ashanti Region and I am not saying this to disgrace the woman but whenever the woman mentions his name, she goes on to say ‘Ken, let me visit the loo and come.’
“I swear to God. You can hear her pain for all the financing she did for the party and how NPP has repaid her; very ungrateful human beings,” he stated.
Kennedy Agyapong proceeded to accuse certain party members and government officials aligned with a specific candidate of demonstrating the same ingratitude towards him.
As a result, he cautioned the delegates to exercise caution when casting their votes, as they could also face similar mistreatment in the future.
On Wednesday, July 12, 2023, the New Patriotic Party granted approval to all ten candidates who submitted their candidacy for the flagbearership race.
These ten candidates, including Kennedy Agyapong, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, and John Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, will go through a super delegates congress, where the number will be reduced to five, prior to the party’s main congress scheduled for November 4, 2023.