Zongo Chiefs call on Bawumia to select Opoku Prempeh as running mate 

The Council of Zongo Chiefs has admonished the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to select Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, as his running mate for the 2024 election.

The Chiefs opined that the Manhyia South MP, working together with Dr. Bawumia will lead the party to victory easily in the upcoming election.

At a special Quran recitation and prayers to Allah for the NPP’s victory in the 2024 general elections on Friday, January 19, 2024, the chiefs revealed that they are praying for Dr. Bawumia and Dr. Prempeh to win the 2024 election because they have what it takes spiritually to lead Ghana to the next level.

“It is our wish that Dr. Bawumia will be sworn in as president on January 7, 2025, with Dr. NAPO as his vice president. I know that our toil tonight in this recitation will not be in vain,” Chief of Frafra and President of the Council of Zongo Chiefs, Alhaji Musah noted in an interview.

“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,” he added.

Dr. Bawumia is yet to select his running mate to face the other opposition parties in the 2024 general elections.

The party’s constitution usually requires the vice presidential candidate to be chosen one year before elections.

However, considering Dr Bawumia’s relatively recent election as flagbearer, the party leadership has chosen to waive this requirement.

The party’s National Council, which has the power to make exceptions to the party’s rules, agreed with Dr Bawumia’s request to pick his running mate later for the battle ahead.