The NPP flagbearer Alhaji Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia is being urged by the Council of Zongo Chiefs to appoint Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Energy Minister and Manhyia South MP, as his running mate.
Following the Magrib prayers on Friday, January 19, 2024, at Kantudu, behind the Kumasi Central Mosque, the zongo chiefs prayed to Allah for the NPP’s victory in the 2024 general elections. They also prayed for Dr. Bawumia to appoint Dr. Prempeh, MP for Manhyia South and Energy Minister, as his running mate in the forthcoming elections.
After the Quran was recited, Chief of Frafra and President of the Council of Zongo Chiefs, Alhaji Musah, spoke on behalf of the prayer group, saying that they were praying for Drs. Bawumia and Prempeh because they had the spiritual capacity to take Ghana to the next level.
We hope that on January 7, 2025, Dr. Bawumia will take the oath of office as president, and Dr. NAPO will serve as his vice president. Alhaji Musah remarked, “I am confident that our labor tonight in this recital won’t be in vain.
He went on to say “Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh is our brother, and we ask Dr. Bawumia, who himself is a Zongo boy, to select him for them to take Ghana forward.”
Political pundits claim that the Energy Minister’s national appeal is demonstrated by the Council of Zongo Chiefs’ endorsement and prayer. It is worth noting that the Energy Minister was named after an Asante Islamic preacher named Nana Poku, which is how NAPO got its name.
Additionally, Dr. Prempeh is known to have preached.
