Kennedy Agyapong is a former Assin Central lawmaker and 2026 NPP presidential hopeful
A report by research agency, Africa Policy Lens has made a startling findings about the New Patriotic Party’s 2028 flagbearership race.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP), last week announced that its early presidential election to be held on Saturday, January 31, 2026.
Former Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, who led the party in the 2024 election, is expected to contest again as well as the former Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, who has declared his intention.
The aspirants for the 2026 flagbearer position include former Minister of Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong, former Minister of Education, Yaw Osei Adutwum, among others.
In a recent report by Africa Policy Lens, Dr Bawumia is tipped to win the race, recording about 70.6% of support from the NPP base while Kennedy Agyapong attained 21.4%.
However, in an interesting twist, the survey reported that Kennedy Agyapong is popular among supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) instead of his party, the NPP.
A total of 48.4% of NDC supporters, according to the survey, preferred Kennedy Agyapong to be NPP flagbearer.
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