The National Council of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has endorsed flagbearer Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s choice of Energy Minister Matthew Opoku Prempeh as his running mate for the upcoming elections.
The endorsement came on Thursday after consultations with the National Executive Council and the National Steering Committee of the party.
Opoku Prempeh, widely known as NAPO, is the Member of Parliament for Manhyia South and a former Education Minister.
His selection is considered a strategic move by Bawumia to consolidate support within the party and across the country, particularly in the Ashanti region.
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Matthew Opoku Prempeh, commonly known as NAPO, was born on May 23, 1968, in Ashanti New Town, a suburb of Kumasi.
He hails from Pakyi No. 2 in the Ashanti Region. NAPO began his education at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Primary School and then attended Prempeh College in Kumasi for middle school.
He studied Human Biology and Medicine at KNUST, earning his MB CHB in 1994. NAPO furthered his education with an MSc in Clinical Epidemiology from the Netherlands Institute of Health Sciences in 1998.
He also attended Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, where he studied Leadership and Government. In 2002, he pursued postgraduate training in surgery in the UK, obtaining his MRCS.
Prior to his political career, NAPO was the CEO of Keyedmap Security Services Limited from 2004 to 2009. As a medical doctor, he was a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2003.
