#NPPDecides: Bawumia Takes Early Lead In NPP Super Delegates Conference – Check Provisional Results

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has taken an early lead in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) super delegates conference.

Results trickling in indicate that Bawumia has garnered more votes across the country with Kennedy Agyapong and Alan Kyerematen trailing the vice president.

The Super Delegates Congress is being held to elect five presidential aspirants to contest the party’s primaries in November this year.

The five aspirants who secure the highest number of votes will go on to contest the primaries, where they will compete to become the NPP’s flagbearer for the 2024 general election.

Bawumia is the incumbent vice president and is seen as the frontrunner in the race. He is backed by a number of powerful figures within the party.

Kyerematen is a former trade minister and is also seen as a strong contender. He is backed by a number of businessmen and other influential figures.

Kennedy Agyapong, is a controversial figure, but he is also a popular one. He is known for his outspokenness and his willingness to challenge the status quo.

The NPP is currently in power in Ghana, and the winner of the primaries will be the favourite to succeed President Akufo-Addo, who is constitutionally ineligible to run for a third term.

 

The New Patriotic Party on Saturday gathered some 958 delegates nationwide to vote for five presidential candidates ahead of their Presidential Primaries in November.

The ten presidential aspirants, in the order in which they appear on the ballot paper, are Mr. Kennedy Agyapong, Mr Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, Mr Joe Ghartey, Mr Kwadwo Poku, and Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto.

The rest are: Mr Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, Francis Addai Nimoh, Dr Kofi Konadu Apraku, Mr Boakye Kyeremanteng Agyarko, and Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia.

 

 

Here is a compilation of the votes from the various regions:

In the Upper West, 32 delegates voted in the election. Here is a breakdown of the votes;

Ken Agyapong – 2
Alan Kyerematen – 4
Owusu Afiyie Akoto – 3
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia – 23
The other candidates did not get any of the votes cast.

 

 

 

In the Bono Region, 37 delegates voted as opposed to the 38 expected. Below is the breakdown of the votes;

Kennedy Ohene Agyapong – 5
Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen – 2
Joe Ghartey – 0
Kwadwo Nsafoah Poku – 0
Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto – 2
Kwabena Agyei Agyepong – 0
Francis Addai Nimo – 0
Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku – 0
Boakye Kyerematen Agyarko – 0
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia – 28

For the Oti Region, 30 votes were cast. Here is a breakdown of the votes;

1. Kenedy Agyapong – 5
2. Alan Kwadwo Kyeremanteng – 6
3. Joe Ghartey – 0
4. Kwadwo Poku – 1
5. Owusu Afriyie Akoto – 2
6. Kwabena Agyei Agyapong – 0
7. Francis Addae Nimo – 0
8. Kofi Konadu Apreko – 0
9. Boakye Agyako –
10. Dr Bawumia – 16

In the Upper East Region, 36 delegates cast their votes. Below is a breakdown of the votes;

Kennedy Ohene Agyapong – 3
Alan John Kyeremanteng – 1
Joe Ghartey – 0
Kwadwo Nsafoah Poku – 0
Owusu Afriyie Akoto – 1
Kwabena Agyapong – 0
Frantcis Addai Nimo – 0
Kofi Konadu Apraku – 0
Boakye Agyarko – 0
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia – 31

Here is the breakdown of the votes in the Ahafo Region;

Kennedy Agyapong – 10
Alan Kyeremateng- 3
Joe Gartey – 0
Kwadwo Nsafoa- 0
Dr Akoto Afriyie – 2
Kwabena Agyapong – 1
Francis Addai-Nimoh -0
Konadu Apraku-
Boagye Agyarko- 1
Mahamudu Bawumia- 13

At the NPP headquarters in Greater Accra, 176 people were present to last their vote. Here is the breakdown of results at the party’s headquarters;

Kennedy Agyapong – 32
Alan Kyerematen – 22
Joe Ghartey – 1
Mr Kwadwo Poku – 0
Dr. Afriyie Akoto – 0
Kwabena Agyei Agyepong – 0
Hon. Addai Nimo – 5
Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku – 0
Mr. Kyerematen Agyarko – 0
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia – 107

In the North East Region, the Vice President swept all the votes;

Kennedy Agyapong – 0
Alan Kyerematen – 0
Joe Ghartey – 0
Mr Kwadwo Poku – 0
Dr. Afriyie Akoto – 0
Kwabena Agyei Agyepong – 0
Hon. Addai Nimo – 0
Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku – 0
Mr. Kyerematen Agyarko – 0
H.E. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia – 28

In the Western North Region, 33 people cast their votes. Here is a breakdown of the votes;

Kennedy Agyapong – 5
Alan Kyerematen – 4
Joe Ghartey – 1
Mr Kwadwo Poku – 1
Dr. Afriyie Akoto – 3
Kwabena Agyei Agyepong – 0
Francis Addai Nimo – 0
Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku – 0
Mr. Boakye Agyarko – 1
H.E. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia – 18

In the Volta Region, 41 delegates were able to cast their vote. Below is a breakdown of the votes

Kennedy Agyapong – 4
Alan Kyerematen – 4
Joe Ghartey – 0
Mr Kwadwo Poku – 0
Dr. Afriyie Akoto – 3
Kwabena Agyei Agyepong – 0
Francis Addai Nimo – 1
Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku – 0
Mr. Boakye Agyarko – 0
H.E. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia – 29

In the Bono East Region, 35 delegates voted massively for the Vice President. Here is a breakdown of the votes cast;

Kennedy Ohene Agyapong – 6
Alan John Kyerematen – 3
Joe Ghartey – 0
Kwadwo Nsafoah Poku – 0
Owusu Afriyie Akoto – 3
Kwabena Agyapong – 0
Frantcis Addai Nimo – 0
Kofi Konadu Apraku – 0
Boakye Agyarko – 0
Mahamudu Bawumia – 22

In the Savannah Region, 30 people cast their votes. Below is a breakdown of how they voted;

Kennedy Ohene Agyapong – 7
Alan John Kyerematen – 1
Joe Ghartey – 0
Kwadwo Nsafoah Poku – 0
Owusu Afriyie Akoto – 0
Kwabena Agyapong – 0
Frantcis Addai Nimo – 0
Kofi Konadu Apraku – 0
Boakye Agyarko – 1
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia -19

The Vice President also took the win in the Ashanti Region. Below is the breakdown of the votes cast;

Kennedy Agyapong – 6
Alan Kyerematen – 10
Joe Ghartey – 0
Mr Kwadwo Poku – 0
Dr. Afriyie Akoto – 5
Kwabena Agyei Agyepong – 0
Francis Addai Nimo – 0
Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku -0
Mr. Kyerematen Agyarko— 0
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia – 97

Meanwhile, Emmanuel Anhwire, the MP for Atwima Nwabiagya South wasn’t allowed to vote. He came in nine minutes after polls were closed.

In the Central Region, 54 delegates came to vote. Here is a breakdown of the votes cast;

Kennedy Agyapong – 19
Alan Kyeremanteng – 4
Joe Ghartey – 1
Kwadwo Poku- 1
Owusu Afriyie Akoto – 3
Kwabena Adjei Adjapong – 0
Francis Addai Nimoh – 0
Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku – 0
Boakye Aguarku – 1
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia – 25

In the Greater Accra Region, 71 delegates voted in the election. Vice President Dr Bawumia won the contest. Below is a breakdown of the votes;

1. Keneddy Agyapong – 15
2. Alan Kyerematen – 14
3. Joe Ghartey – 0
4. Mr Kwadwo Poku – 0
5. Dr. Afriyie Akoto – 3
6. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong – 1
7. Francis Addai Nimo – 1
8. Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku – 0
9. Mr. Kyerematen Agyarko – 1
10. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia – 36

In the Eastern Region, 80 delegates voted in the election. Here is a breakdown of the votes cast;

1. Keneddy Agyapong – 8
2. Alan Kyerematen – 7
3. Joe Ghartey – 0
4. Mr Kwadwo Poku – 0
5. Dr. Afriyie Akoto – 1
6. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong – 0
7. Francis Addai Nimo – 1
8. Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku – 0
9. Mr. Kyerematen Agyarko – 4
10. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia – 59

In the Western Region, 45 delegates cast their votes. Below is a breakdown of their votes;

1. Keneddy Agyapong – 3
2. Alan Kyerematen – 7
3. Joe Ghartey – 1
4. Mr Kwadwo Poku – 0
5. Dr. Afriyie Akoto – 3
6. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong – 0
7. Francis Addai Nimo – 0
8. Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku – 0
9. Mr. Kyerematen Agyarko – 0
10. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia – 31

 

 

 

 

Fist Five

1 Dr Bawumia
2. Hon Ken
3. Alan
4.Owusu Afriyie Akoto
5. Hon. Boakye Agarko

 

 Below are the profiles of the 10 aspirants:

 

KENNEDY AGYAPONG

Kennedy Ohene Agyapong (born 16 June 1960) is a Ghanaian politician and businessman, who represents Assin Central in parliament for the New Patriotic Party.

He was first elected MP in 2000 for the seat of Assin North. He retained his seat in the 2004 and 2008 parliamentary elections.

In 2012, he was elected to the new seat of Assin Central and was re-elected in 2016. He also retained his seat in the 2020 general elections. He is currently the chairman of the Parliament’s Defense and Interior Committee and an aspirant for the presidency on the ticket of the NPP.

Agyapong remains one of the politicians who have never lost elections. In July 2018, he was cross-examined for contempt of Parliament.

 

 

2. ALAN KYEREMATEN

Kyerematen is the immediate past minister of trade. Born on 3 October 1955, in Accra, Ghana, he has played a significant role in Ghana’s political and economic landscape.

He was Ghana’s ambassador to the United States and served as minister of trade and industry, private sector development (PSD) and presidential special initiatives (PSI) in the J A Kufuor administration. Kyerematen served as a trade advisor at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he coordinated the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC).

Kyerematen made an attempt at the leadership of the New Patriotic Party in 2007, capturing 32.3% of votes cast. He was first runner-up to Nana Akufo-Addo who gained 47.96% of votes cast. Kyerematen made other attempts at the party’s leadership in 2010 and 2014 but placed second to Akufo-Addo, who won the primaries.

Kyerematen is known for his impressive academic background, business acumen, and dedication to public service.

 

 

3. JOE GHARTEY

Joe Ghartey (born 15 June 1961, in Accra) is a Ghanaian lawyer, academic and politician. He is a former Attorney-General of Ghana (2006–2009), Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament (2013–2017) and Railways and Development Minister (2017–2021).

He is the MP for Essikado-Ketan.

 

 

 

4. FRANCIS ADDAI-NIMOH

Francis Addai-Nimoh was born on 23 March 1965. He is a development planner and civil engineer by profession. In 2008, he contested for the Mampong constituency seat on the ticket of the NPP, won and continued to serve in parliament until January 2017.

He contested the NPP’s presidential primaries in 2014 and lost. After losing the NPP flagbearer bid in 2014, he attempted re-election in the parliamentary primary of the NPP in 2015 and lost.

Since taking leave from Parliament in 2017, Addai-Nimoh has become MD of his firm, Franstan Limited, overseeing construction projects and other endeavors involving the general distribution of supplies, namely bitumen.

He has previously worked for a number of engineering firms, gaining experience in data collection, road design, contract specification, construction supervision, and bitumen production. In 2004, the Ministry of Roads and Highways hired Addai-Nimoh as a senior engineer, tasking him with monitoring and evaluating all government road projects.

 

 

5. KWADWO POKU

Kwadwo Poku has worked on various projects for years at different levels in the energy sector. He brings excellent credentials to the aforementioned position with a strong 24 years of practical business experience.

He also serves as a board director of multinational companies such as Pan African Capital Ghana Limited, FIFC Management and Development Limited. He was the country director for GASOP OIL (GHANA) LIMITED from June 2002 to September 2012.

He worked as a special assistant to the late minister of tourism, Hawa Yakubu.

He was tasked to develop a Tourism Management Information System (TMIS), one of the flagship programmes for the minister. He designed the ministry of tourism’s first website in 2001, which had a database of all tourist sites in Ghana.

He was also the liaison between the ministry and donor agencies that supported the ministry to develop their TMIS.

 

 

6. DR AFRIYIE AKOTO

Owusu Afriyie Akoto (born 19 October 1949) is a Ghanaian agricultural economist and politician. He was a Member of Parliament for the Kwadaso Constituency from 2009 to 2017.

He is the immediate past agriculture minister.

Afriyie Akoto was employed by the International Coffee Organisation in London, England, for more than a decade. Among the positions he held include economist, senior economist, principal economist, and chief economic advisor. He also served as a consultant to the World Bank (a United Nations agency) on soft commodities—namely, cocoa, coffee, and sugar.

He is credited for designing and implementing the government’s flagship Planting for Food and Jobs programme, which was launched on 19 April 2017.

 

 

 

7. DR KOFI KONADU APRAKU

Apraku, born on 7 September 1954 is an economist and a Ghanaian politician. He was a member of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Parliaments of the 4th Republic representing the people of Offinso North constituency.

Apraku was minister for regional cooperation in John Kufuor’s administration from 2003 to 2006. He also served as the minister of trade and industry from 2001 to 2003.

In 2008, he was appointed by the Economic Community of West African States Council of Ministers as Commissioner for Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Research.

He also liaised with the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the African Development Bank, among other financial institutions, to support the development of ECOWAS regions as part of his mandate.

 

 

8. KWABENA AGYEI AGYEPONG

Kwabena Agyei Agyapong was born on 6 March 1962 in Kumasi. He is a civil engineer and politician.

His father, Justice Kwadwo Agyei Agyepong, was one of the Ghanaian judges who was abducted and murdered during the early years of Ghana’s Provisional National Defence Council. Agyapong also worked with the Ghana Highway Authority. He also owns a civil engineering firm, Constro Consult Limited.

He became active in Ghanaian politics when Ghana re-entered constitutional rule after over a decade of military rule. He played roles in the campaigns of NPP presidential candidates Albert Adu Boahen in 1992, John Agyekum Kufuor in 1996. He also played a role in Nana Akufo-Addo’s campaign to secure a presidential nomination in 1998. Agyapong still played a key role during the 2000 general election, which was won by John Agyekum Kufuor.

He served as the press secretary to president Kufuor from 2001 to 2006.

Agyepong launched his presidential campaign in July 2023 on the theme; ‘New Dawn’ which is aimed at ushering in a new dawn of astute political leadership with a clear vision and plan that inspires hope in the youth and rekindles the faith of all Ghanaians.

 

 

8. BOAKYE KYEREMATENG AGYARKO

Boakye Kyeremateng Agyarko is a Ghanaian economist, politician, and former banker. After graduating from Pace University, he was employed by the Bank of New York, the oldest bank in the United States.

He spent over 20 years at the bank and worked at senior levels in various departments of the bank. He left the bank after 22 years so he could contest elections in Ghana. While in the United States, he wrote a weekly column in The Statesman newspaper titled Letter from America from 1993 to 1998.

Boakye Agyarko began politics at an early age and was the national coordinator for the Ghana Union of Students and Youth Associations from 1979 to 1980. He was a founding member of the New Patriotic Party and has held several positions, including chairman of The Danquah Busia Club of North America and briefly serving as a Trustee of the Busia Foundation. He was elected the coordinator for the New Patriotic Party in North America and was the national campaign manager of the New Patriotic Party in the 2012 presidential election.

He was appointed the policy adviser to the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo-Addo, during the 2016 election. In January 2017, Boakye Agyarko was appointed the minister for energy in the Akufo-Addo administration. In 2018, he was relieved of his position.

 

 

10. DR MAHAMUDU BAWUMIA

Bawumia was born on 7 October 1963. He is the vice-president of Ghana. Bawumia was a deputy governor of the Bank of Ghana until his nomination as the vice presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party in 2008, standing alongside presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo.

As a running mate, he ran alongside Nana Akufo-Addo in the 2012 general elections and was the lead witness for the petitioners in the 2012/2013 Presidential Election Petition which challenged the declaration of John Mahama as winner of the election.

The vice president is credited with the digitalisation legacy of the current administration which continues to serve as a catalyst for economic transformation.

NPP Super Delegates Conference

The Vice President @MBawumia casts his vote at the NPP HQ pic.twitter.com/xXuRMYaQZz

— GTV Ghana (@GTV_Ghana) August 26, 2023

 

 

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