Ghana’s Minister for Energy Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has been selected by the ruling party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), as its vice-presidential candidate to partner with the flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, for the December 7 General Elections.
The nomination of Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh as vice presidential candidate was unanimously approved by the National Council of the New Patriotic Party on Thursday, June 4, 2024.
The National Council endorsed the decision after earlier meetings with the National Executive Council and the National Steering Committee of the party.
Opoku Prempeh, popularly known as NAPO, is also the Member of Parliament for South Manhyia and former Education Minister.
His selection is seen as a strategic move by Dr Bawumia to consolidate support within the party and across the country, especially in the Ashanti Region.
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Born on May 23, 1968, in Ashanti New Town, a suburb of Kumasi, NAPO hails from Pakyi No. 2 in the Ashanti Region.
He started his basic education at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Primary and continued to Prempeh College in Kumasi for his middle school education
He studied Human Biology and Medicine at KNUST and completed his MB CHB in 1994. He continued with post-graduate studies in MSc. Clinical Epidemiology at The Netherlands Institute of Health Sciences in 1998 and at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University where he studied Leadership and Government (certificate course).
In 2002, he pursued postgraduate training in surgery in the UK (MRCS).
Before entering parliament, NAPO served as the CEO of Keyedmap Security Services Limited from 2004 to 2009.
He is also a medical doctor and served as a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2003.
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