NPP Leadership Shamelessly Projecting Bawumia as ‘Establishment Choice’ – Ken Agyapong Campaign

The campaign team of New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful Kennedy Agyapong has launched a scathing attack on the party’s leadership, accusing them of openly favouring Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as the “establishment choice” in the upcoming presidential primaries.

In a statement issued on Thursday, August 28, and signed by spokesperson Kwasi Kwarteng Esq, the campaign criticised the use of the party’s official social media platforms to exclusively stream Dr. Bawumia’s nomination filing event, describing the move as “a betrayal of the unity the NPP preaches.”

“The use of the official party’s social media handles to stream only DMB’s nomination filing is a betrayal of the very unity our national leadership claims to preach,” the statement read.

The Agyapong campaign alleged that the incident was not an isolated case but part of a consistent pattern of bias within the party, aimed at handing Dr. Bawumia undue advantages over other aspirants.

Kwasi Kwarteng further blamed Dr. Bawumia for the NPP’s poor electoral showing in 2024, highlighting a 31% drop in national votes, a 16% decline in the North, a 33% fall in the South, and almost no support from Zongo communities.

“Instead of learning lessons from this humiliating performance, leadership continues to impose the very candidate under whom we suffered these losses, shamelessly projecting him as the establishment choice,” the statement added.

The campaign warned that continued favoritism towards Dr. Bawumia risks deepening disunity within the party.

“If this continues, leadership should not be surprised when other candidates begin to take their destiny into their own hands. The grassroots will not be forced into silence while the future of the party is mortgaged for one individual. Never!” Kwarteng stressed.