Dr Joshua Jebuntie Zaato, a political analyst, emphasized that the endorsement given by Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is the largest in Ghana’s political history.
President Akufo-Addo presented Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, also known as Napo, as the running mate of the NPP Flagbearer to the Asantehene before the official unveiling at the Jubilee Park in Kumasi.
During the meeting at the Manhyia Palace on Tuesday (9 July), Otumfuo Osei Tutu II advised Dr Opoku Prempeh to show loyalty to the NPP’s presidential candidate.
He also encouraged him to ensure that Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, who selected him as his running mate for the upcoming 2024 general election, never regrets his decision.
Additionally, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II mentioned that Dr Opoku Prempeh is not as arrogant as some may perceive him to be. Dr Zaato, speaking on the Asaase Breakfast Show on Wednesday (10 July), highlighted that the NPP successfully introduced its running mate in the Ashanti Region.
I think the NPP had one objective in Kumasi; it was to cause shock and awe, it was to show brute political force and it was to show that their support in Kumasi is not shaken and will not be shaken. And they achieved that to perfection.
And in achieving that they also achieved other things that were not overtly advertised that we all knew they needed. The NPP wanted an endorsement from the Asantehene and Manhyia. And they got it fully from Manhyia and no other person than the Asantehene himself … basically giving the NPP probably one of the biggest and most sought political endorsements you could want in this country.
They had the Asantehene bearing a character witness to their running mate, literally telling Ghanaians in the face that this is my son in whom I am well pleased, He knows better, he can do better and will do better. That is the type of character endorsement money cannot buy.
