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The Communications Director for Kwabena Agyepong’s campaign team, Paul Abdul Rahman Issah Dowuona, has reaffirmed the former General Secretary’s commitment to the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer race, despite controversy surrounding the payment of a GH₵4 million development fee.
Speaking on The Situation Room on Channel One TV on Thursday, October 9, 2025, Mr. Dowuona made it clear that Mr. Agyepong opposes the fee being a prerequisite for contesting the party’s presidential primaries.
“The issue regarding this GH₵4 million payment—he has made it clear that in principle he is against it. The party has made its point, and they are saying that they have to pay that amount. At vetting, he was asked, and he made his position clear, and even at the vetting, he committed that if it were about a development fee, he would commit to contribute substantially to the development of the party when the need arises,” Mr. Dowuona stated.
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He emphasised that the matter is being resolved through internal party mechanisms and does not merit a public spectacle.
“Whatever it is, we are dealing with it internally, and so as far as you have not heard anything from the party officially that he has been taken out of the flagbearership race, it means that we are still in it. We are not going to make a view and cry about it in public. Whatever the issue, we will litigate and place it in the internal mechanism of the party,” he added.
Mr Dowuona also confirmed that the campaign team is prepared for the balloting exercise scheduled for Friday, October 10, 2025.
“As it stands, take it from me, as the director of communication, that we are still in the race. Tomorrow, God willing, we are going to go for our balloting,” he said.
Meanwhile, party insiders have revealed that the vetting committee, in a report submitted to the National Council and National Executive Committee on Tuesday, October 7, indicated that Mr Agyepong had not yet met the fee requirement.
The campaign team has, however, dismissed reports on social media suggesting that Mr Agyepong has been disqualified over the alleged non-payment of the GH₵4 million.
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