Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, the former running mate of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in the 2024 presidential election, has reminded politicians that what goes around comes around.
Napo, in a social media post on X on August 20, 2025, shared an extract of an interview he had on JoyNews’ Personality Profile.
“This golden rule is timeless: we do unto others as we would have them do unto us. In politics and in life, we must always resist the urge to destroy others for short-term gain. What we sow always returns, so let us sow truth, fairness, and integrity,” he wrote.
In the video shared, Napo 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.”
Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh also narrated his early years joining the Boy Scouts and the Red Cross Society.
The former education minister narrated, “Like joining Boy Scouts at a very early age, be an altar boy. Not only that, joining the Red Cross Society, going to do medicine and public service.”
“The only difference is that some public service duties are very, very small, personal, but really impactful, and some are large and maybe impactful.”
“So being a doctor, you are serving one person at a time, and it could be very, very impactful for somebody who needs surgery, who is dying in agony, and you go in and you repair a strangled hernia or a rotten appendix or something, and you relieve his frustration. He sleeps well, and it brings a lot of joy to your heart and everything”, he stated.
Meanwhile, in a related Napo news he has refuted rumours that he has switched camp.
He stressed that he cannot be ungrateful to Dr Bawumia after making him the running mate.
Napo stated, “It is not true, I’ve not moved from any camp to any camp. I remain where I am. Can I be ungrateful to Dr Bawumia after making me the running mate? What kind of human being will be so ungrateful?
I’ve not moved any camp; what I’ve done is to try and unite the party against whoever emerges as the flagbearer of the NPP. There’s only one person who can become the flagbearer of the NPP”.
Watch the video below:
This golden rule is timeless: we do unto others as we would have them do unto us.
— Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh (@MatthewOPrempeh) August 20, 2025
In politics and in life, we must always resist the urge to destroy others for short-term gain.
What we sow always returns, so let us sow truth, fairness, and integrity.#WithOurOwnHands #MOP… pic.twitter.com/oufuNDECjm