Report indicates that the hopes of Ghana’s Energy Minister Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh to be appointed at the running mate to Dr. Mahamdu Bawumia might hit the rock.

This was after some New Patriotic Members of Parliament in the Ashanti Region are alleged to have opposed the move to appoint Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh as the running mate.

The MPs at an alleged secret meeting accused the former Minister of Education of sponsoring the defeat of some members of Parliament during the party’s 2020 Parliamentary Primary.

Essel Michael Mills, a close associate of the Energy Minister has refuted, “NAPO never sponsored any parliamentary candidate aspirant during the last parliamentary primary of the party. I don’t know where these wicked lies and hatred are coming from.”

The battle for Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia’s running mate has really intensified in the Ashanti region after the party’s 4th November 2023 Presidential primary.

It is rumored that NPP’s flagbearer Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia will appoint his running mate from the Ashanti region, the stronghold of the governing party.

The names alleged to be considered included, Member of Parliament for the Ejisu Constituency Lawyer John Kumah, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, Minister of Energy and MP for Manhyia South Constituency, Elder Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum Minister of Education and Member of Parliament for the Bosomtwe Constituency, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Member of Parliament for Suame constituency among others.

However, among the projected names Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh stands tall as the grace root continues to root for him to be considered for the position on radio, television, and on social media.