NPP NEC approves NAPO as running mate for 2024 elections

The National Executive Council of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have unanimously approved the Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, as running mate to Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.

The General Secretary of the NPP who described Dr Opoku Prempeh as “charismatic” and “bold” said he deserves the position.

“I am happy to report that after the necessary consideration, the NC unanimously endorses Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh as the running mate of Dr Bawumia,” General Secretary of the NPP Justin Kodua Frimpong is quoted to have said at a press conference on Thursday.

“He is a charismatic, bold leader who excelled at the Ministry of Education and at the Energy," he said.



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Profile of Dr Matthew Opok Prempeh

Matthew Opoku Prempeh, born 23 May 1968, is Ghana's current Energy Minister.

As a Ghana parliamentarian, he represents Manhyia South in Kumasi, formerly representing Manhyia. He was first elected to parliament in 2008 and is a member of the New Patriotic Party.

In 2016, he was re-elected with 35,958 votes or 87.17% of the votes cast in the district.

He was born on 23 May 1968. Prempeh studied Human Biology and Medicine at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, later continuing post-graduate studies at the Netherlands Institute of Health Sciences and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Prior to parliament, he served as CEO of Keyedmap Security Services Limited from 2004 to 2009 and as a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2003. He is also a medical doctor/ health work.

He identifies as a Christian and is a nephew of the former Ghanaian president, John Kufuor. He is divorced.

In May, 2017, President Nana Akufo-Addo named Matthew Opoku Prempeh as part of nineteen ministers who would form his cabinet. The names of the 19 ministers were submitted the Parliament of Ghana and announced by the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Prof. Mike Ocquaye. As a Cabinet minister, Matthew Opoku Prempeh is part of the inner circle of the president and is to aid in key decision making activities in the country.