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Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the 2024 running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), commonly known as Napo, has said some NPP bigwigs attempted to stop Dr Mahamudu Bawumia from naming him as running mate.
According to Napo, despite several attempts by influential figures within the NPP, Dr Bawumia still named him as his running mate for the 2024 election.
Speaking in an interview on Asempa FM on August 26, 2025, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh detailed, “I am not ungrateful. Look at this big party and upon all the people who were praying for the running mate slot, he ignored all of them and made me his running mate.
I know it was a difficult situation, but a lot of people don’t know. Some bigwigs in the party went to Dr Bawumia to tell him not to make me the running mate, but he ignored them. There are some names that, if I mentioned them, you would be shocked. Some even took him to offices to advise him against me, but still he chose me”.
He further added, “So, I cannot be ungrateful to him… For those who stood in the flagbearership contest, everyone knows Kennedy Agyapong is my friend, but I am still for Bawumia.”
In related news, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh has attributed his political success to God.
According to Napo, it can only be God, as in every step he takes, he seeks God first.
Napo, in a social media post on X on August 24, 2025, shared an extract of an interview he had on JoyNews’ Personality Profile.
He wrote, “Every step I make, I seek God first. So, if you look at my political journey, it’s nothing but pure goodness and mercy”, he said.
“It can only be God”, he remarked.
Napo, in his post, further wrote, If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, let Matthew Opoku Prempeh” now say.
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us, then they would have swallowed us alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;
Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul; then the swollen waters would have gone over our soul.”
Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us as prey to their teeth. Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped.
Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.”
Psalms 124:1-8 NKJV”.
In addition, Napo, in a similar video, reminded politicians not to think of the political space as everything is a game.
Speaking on JoyNews’ Personality Profile, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh stated, “You live by what you don’t want to be done to you; don’t do it to a fellow human being. You might think that because we are in a political space, everything is a game. If I destroy Napo, I’m very, very happy. But hey, it’s not like that.
What goes around comes around. You might have destroyed Napo with the power of your microphone today, but definitely, you will be destroyed when you least expect it,” he stated.
In addition, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, in that same interview, also stated he was brought up to sit at the table with decision makers.
According to him, he was brought up to cherish one thing, public service, and not only public service, but bringing value through public service.
Napo further revealed, “I would say that is how I was brought up. I was brought up in a very politically aware family with a history of decades of partisan politics or active political life.”
“I was brought up to cherish one thing, public service, and not only public service, but bringing value through public service and for public service, meaning you just don’t participate. You participate in terms of regular impact.”
“That is how I was brought up, brought up to prove myself that I can sit at the table with decision makers, and not only the elderly, but a true decision maker.”
He added, “So brought up by grand uncles and uncles far older than myself, whose children were far older than me, and I served all of them, so that’s how I was brought up.”
“So me growing up, having public service has been a duty that has been imprinted in my heart, mind, and everything I do, so even deciding to belong to which associations growing up were all the associations that brought public service to the fore.”
Meanwhile, Napo has refuted rumours that he has switched camp.
He stressed that he cannot be ungrateful to Dr Bawumia after making him the running mate.
Watch the video below:
This is inspiring. Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh a.k.a Napo has expressed his unwavering support for Dr. Bawumia, recalling how he was chosen as his running mate for the 2024 presidential election, despite the presence of many other competent figures within the party. ❤️🤌🏽 pic.twitter.com/Ew6LOZjUp5
— CHARLOTTE NICOLE 🕊 (@charllycolegh) August 26, 2025