Matthew
Opoku
Prempeh
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A
Deputy
Communications
Director
of
the
New
Patriotic
Party
(NPP)
Ernest
Owusu
Bempah
has
dismissed
claims
that
the
running
mate
to
the
flagbearer
of
the
party,
Dr
Matthew
Opoku
Prempeh
(NAPO)
is
arrogant.
Owusu-Bempah
says
“Napo’s
so-called
arrogance
is
a
total
myth.
He
is
a
proven
performer
with
a
high
confidence
level.”
He
described
the
Mahyia
South
Member
of
Parliament
as
a
person
who
has
always
shown
gravitas
and
dignity.
Following
the
unanimous
endorsement
of
Dr
Opoku
Prempeh
as
running
mate
to
the
flagbearer
by
the
National
Council
of
the
NPP
on
Thursday,
July
4,
critics,
mainly
members
and
sympathizers
of
the
opposition
National
Democratic
Congress
(NDC)
have
described
him
as
arrogant.
But
in
a
statement,
Owusu-Bempah
said
“Every
single
claim
the
haters
have
made
is
completely
false.
Napo
is
the
perfectly
brilliant
result
of
our
wider
politics,
highly
efficient
and
competent,
which
is
why
the
haters
are
putting
so
much
effort
into
inventing
reasons
to
hate
more.”
Below
is
his
full
statement…
The
Napophobic
Arrogance
Leadership
And
Election
2024
———–
It
was
Shakespeare
who
said
that
it’s
always
just
when
a
chappie
is
feeling
particularly
top-hole,
and
more
than
usually
braced
with
things
in
general
that
Fate
sneaks
up
behind
him
with
a
bit
of
lead
piping.
That
is
so
true,
and
it’s
all
very
interesting
relating
this
Shakespearian
reasoning
to
events
leading
up
to
the
outdoring
of
Dr
Matthew
Opoku
Prempeh(Napo)
as
Dr
Mahamudu
Bawumia’s
running-mate
for
the
2024
elections.
To
all
intent
and
purposes,
Napo’s
nomination
to
partner
Dr
Mahamudu
Bawumia,
coming
as
it
did
within
months
of
an
expected
general
election,
has
helped
create
an
extraordinarily
febrile
atmosphere
and
political
upheavals.
Packs
of
sympathisers
of
the
National
Democratic
Congress
(NDC)
are
even
now
poring
over
the
business
affairs
and
social
connections
of
Napo
simply
because
they
want
to
dig
out
more
dirt
to
muddy
the
waters.
Switch
on
any
radio
talk
show
and
you
will
hear
comparisons
with
the
scandal-ridden
final
gasps
of
the
last
NDC
government.
In
fact,
the
Napophobic
fever
has
caught
up
with
the
entire
nation
and
the
haters
are
now
focusing
their
sights
on
the
man
of
the
moment.
But
their
moral
outrage
over
the
fact
that
Napo
has
many
admirable
qualities
deserves
some
scrutiny.
All
over
the
globe
from
the
US
to
Europe
all
the
way
to
North
America
and
to
the
Far
East,
there
are
leaders
who
were
assumed
to
be
arrogant
but
turned
out
to
be
the
most
successful
of
all.
In
Germany,
Angela
Merkel
was
thought
to
be
arrogant
but
she
changed
the
face
of
German
politics
with
far-reaching
reforms
and
was
thoroughly
halled
as
the
Savior.
In
France,
the
arrogant
tag
was
placed
around
the
neck
of
Manuel
Valls
and
before
him
Jean-Marc
Ayrault
then
in
the
end
these
leaders
came
out
as
the
most
successful
French
leaders
ever.
Jacinda
Ardern
of
New
Zealand
is
another
victim
of
the
arrogant
tag
but
turned
out
to
be
a
top-notch
leader.
In
China,
Xi
Jinping’s
new
era
is
another
example
of
a
strongman
overriding
the
arrogance
tag.
In
Turkey,
Recep
Tayyip
Erdogan
actually
strengthened
his
hold
on
the
country
by
overcoming
the
Arrogance
of
the
label.
In
Brazil,
40%
of
those
polled
by
Vanderbilt
University
a
few
years
back
said
they
would
prefer
an
arrogant
posturing
performing
president
than
a
leader
who
lacks
spine.
Even
in
the
US,
from
Abraham
Lincoln
to
George
Walker
Bush
senior
to
George
Walker
Bush
junior
to
Donald
Trump,
all
of
them
suffered
the
Arrogance
tag
but
the
world
can
attest
to
their
exploits.
The
list
goes
on
and
on,
and
this
trend
is
not
confined
to
the
above
mentioned
countries
alone.
In
every
region
of
the
world,
changing
times
have
boosted
public
demand
for
more
muscular,
assertive
leadership.
Even
in
Ghana
here,
where
John
Mills
and
John
Mahama
were
weak
and
prevaricating
in
their
treatment
of
errant
ministers,
Jerry
John
Rawlings
was
firm
and
strongman
leader.
In
a
broader
contest,
President
Akufo-Addo
has
been
firm
and
decisive.
And
this
is
where
the
Napo
factor
come
into
play.
Let’s
face
it.
Napo’s
so-called
arrogance
is
a
total
myth.
He
is
a
proven
performer
with
high
confidence
level.
Napo
has
always
shown
gravitas
and
dignity.
Every
single
claim
the
haters
have
made
is
completely
false.
Napo
is
the
perfectly
brilliant
result
of
our
wider
politics,
highly
efficient
and
competent,
which
is
why
the
haters
are
putting
so
much
effort
into
inventing
reasons
to
hate
more.
People
just
make
stuff
up.
They
just
make
stuff
up.
We
see
it
in
the
growth
of
propaganda.
We
see
it
in
internet
fabrications.
We
see
it
in
the
blurring
of
lines
between
news
and
entertainment.
We
see
the
utter
loss
of
shame
among
NDC
followers
where
they’re
caught
in
a
lie
and
they
just
double
down
and
they
lie
some
more.
Truth
is,
the
politics
of
bold
and
decisive
leadership
is
now
on
the
move.
It’s
on
the
move
at
a
pace
that
would
have
seemed
unimaginable
just
a
few
years
ago.
And
of
course,
Napo’s
astonishing
confidence
and
maturity
is
certainly
the
game
changer.
Ernest
Kofi
Owusu
Bempah
Deputy
Director
of
Communications,
NPP