A founding member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe, has urged the party’s running mate for the 2024 general election, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, to apologise to former President John Agyekum Kufuor.
In an interview with 3FM, Dr. Tamakloe insisted that the former energy minister should apologise to President Kufuor for belittling his contributions to Ghana’s development by claiming that President Akufo-Addo has outperformed every president in Ghana’s history.
“The only thing I will tell him is that he should go to [former President] J.A. Kufuor and apologise to him. That is the only person I want him [to go to]. He should apologise to Kufuor because when President Kufuor took over this country, this country was in shambles.
“He was able to straighten things. I wouldn’t even like to refer him to the demands that the CPP people are putting up. No, I am not a CPP man.
“I will ask him to go and apologise to Kufuor. Because without Kufuor when we took over in 2000, we wouldn’t have gotten to where we are today.”
“…He should go to Kufuor with his hands behind him, kneel before him and beg him for that sort of statement that he has made,” he stated.
Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, popularly known as NAPO, was recently nominated by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the ruling NPP, as his running mate, a choice which received the unanimous endorsement of the party’s National Executive Council.
During his official unveiling in Kumasi on Tuesday, June 9, 2024, NAPO asserted that not even Ghana’s first president, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, rivals President Akufo-Addo in terms of spearheading development in the country’s history.
His statement has received widespread criticism, with some citing it as evidence of his alleged arrogance.
However, according to Dr. Nyaho Tamakloe, NAPO’s actions stem from an inferiority complex, and he suggested that NAPO seek psychiatric help.
“As for me, I will not advise him because I have already told you what his problem is. It is not arrogance; it is inferiority complex, and he needs the help of a psychiatrist,” he stated.