The running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, commonly referred to as NAPO, has argued that no president in the history of Ghana has established more universities than Nana Akufo-Addo.
Addressing party members at the official launch of the Ashanti Regional NPP Campaign Working Committees and Women’s Conference in Kumasi, NAPO stated that President Akufo-Addo has outperformed all previous governments.
He was optimistic that the next NPP government, led by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, will surpass the achievements of the current administration.
He said “No administration has governed the country and commenced the construction of 111 hospitals. No government in this country has built schools like Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has done. No government has established universities like Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has done.”
“No government has employed nurses and doctors over 200, 000 like Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and no government has employed teachers like Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and no government has experienced this intense hunger, pandemic and given out free food, light and water like Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s government,” Napo reiterated.
The former Minister for Education went on to reaffirm the achievements of President Akufo-Addo in the area of social intervention programs, recounting that “even LEAP that is given to the poor, Nana Addo has increased it thrice, about 300,000 people…So don’t get me wrong but I say it because I know when Dr. Bawumia becomes President, he will do more than Nana Addo. So, I need to commend Nana Addo before Dr. Bawumia comes”.
He later urged party supporters to rally behind the NPP and secure another victory for the Bawumia-NAPO team in the 2024 general election.