Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the former vice president and New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate in the 2024 elections, has tackled Kennedy Agyapong over his recent claims that he could raise $7 million with one phone call.
Kennedy Agyapong, who contested the party’s 2023 flagbearer race and remains a strong contender, pledged to raise up to $7 million to support grassroots organisations if the party agrees to restructure from the bottom up.
Speaking to some NPP constituency chairmen in Kumasi on Saturday, Kennedy Agyapong stated, “I don’t care if I personally lack funds. With one phone call, I can secure $7 million to help organise the party from the bottom up and make sure we do things properly”.
The former Vice President, speaking in a meeting with over 200 former MMDCEs, says poor people can also be the Presidents of Ghana.
His remarks come just days after Kennedy Agyapong told party constituency chairmen, he could raise $7 million with a single phone call to organise the party’s internal elections.
Dr Bawumia is quoted by JOY NEWS to have stated, “ I may not be rich, but I have rich ideas. Poor people can also be presidents of Ghana”.
In a related story, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia stated that if religion was the cause of the NPP’s defeat in the 2024 election, he would have stepped aside.
According to Dr Bawumia, it is not possible for people to claim the 4.7 million votes he got in the 2024 election were just from Muslims.
Speaking during the NPP Constituency Chairmen Caucus Conference in the Ashanti Region on Saturday, June 21, 2025, Dr Bawumia detailed, “It is very, very important that we don’t allow people to come in with explanations that are not factual, that are made up, and that divide our party”.
“We are a united party, encompassing people from all ethnic groups and all religions. We are part of the elephant family. We must not allow people, for the sake of political advantage, to tear us apart as a party. I am saying this because people are going religious and tribal. That is dangerous for the NPP and very dangerous for us,” he cautioned.
Dr Bawumia emphasised. “My 4.7 million votes, was it only Muslims who voted for me? It’s not possible. They were all different voters. When President Kufuor lost, did we say it was religion? When Nana Akufo-Addo lost, did we say it was religion? That is not a factor. People want to make it a factor for political reasons”
“If that was the case, I wouldn’t have contested at all. I would have stepped aside because I’m not a selfish person. I value the party. I will not jeopardise the ability of the party to win the 2028 election. It’s too important. I would have stepped aside,” Dr Bawumia added.
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The former Vice President, speaking in a meeting with over 200 former MMDCEs, says poor people can also be Presidents of Ghana. His remarks come just days after Kennedy Agyapong told party constituency chairmen, he could raise $7 million with a single phone call to organize the… pic.twitter.com/QgkTKQvo0E
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