A leading member of the Kennedy Agyapong campaign team, Dr. Palgrave Boakye-Danquah, has taken a swipe at Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s campaign team over their “9% pe” narrative in the party’s flagbearer race.
His remarks follow criticism from Elikem Kotoko of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), who accused Dr. Bawumia of blaming the NDC for the death of the late Akwatia MP, Ernest Kumi, during a condolence visit to the family.
Responding on Breakfast Daily on Channel One TV, Monday, September 1, 2025, Dr. Boakye-Danquah questioned the credibility of Bawumia’s campaign messaging, which argues that after securing 41% of the national vote in the 2024 general election, the NPP needs only 9% more to secure victory in 2028.
“This morning I have been careful not to talk about the ‘9% pe’ that is left because some of the comments you are not too sure whether they are voodoo analysis or scientific or unscientific,” he said.
He further stressed that the party needed a flagbearer who could unite its parliamentary candidates rather than one relying on questionable arithmetic.
“We have not even finished with our primaries, and you are assuming you will win the primaries, and for that reason, it is left with ‘9% pe’. When you have been the candidate in this Fourth Republic that has recorded the lowest number of votes of any of the parliamentary candidates put together. All the MPs together had 5 million votes, and you had 4 million. From 1996 to date, it has never happened before,” Dr. Boakye-Danquah added.
The NPP flagbearer contest has increasingly seen sharp exchanges between the camps of Dr. Bawumia and Kennedy Agyapong, as both sides make their case to lead the party into the 2028 elections.