Dominic Nitiwul, Member of Parliament for Bimbilla and former Defence Minister, has strongly condemned NPP flagbearer hopeful Kennedy Ohene Agyapong for circulating a two-year-old video from the 2023 NPP presidential primaries, falsely presenting it as a fresh attack in the ongoing 2025 campaign season.
In a detailed press statement, Nitiwul confirmed that the audio in question was recorded in Yendi when, as coordinator of northern appointees, he advised delegates not to vote for Kennedy Agyapong because of the Assin Central MP’s own ethnocentric remarks made in the Western and Central regions in 2023.
Nitiwul quoted Agyepong as having complained that “northerners were given too many sector ministerial positions” under former President Akufo-Addo, listing the Vice President, Interior, Defence, Sports, Lands and Tourism portfolios and asking rhetorically, “Are they the only ones who vote?”
The Bimbilla MP pointed out that at the time only six out of approximately 26 sector ministers were actually northerners — a fact he says exposes the hollowness of Agyepong’s claims.
Far from apologising for the 2023 remarks, Nitiwul said Kennedy Agyepong has doubled down in the current campaign, recently describing northerners as “a minority group unfit to lead” — statements the former Defence Minister labelled “unfortunate and unacceptable” coming from a presidential candidate.
Nitiwul challenged Agyepong to produce any evidence that he (Nitiwul) or other northern MPs have campaigned on tribal lines in 2025, insisting that northern delegates have historically supported the strongest national candidate regardless of origin — citing their backing of John A. Kufuor in 1996 and Nana Akufo-Addo in 2007 over northern contenders Malik Alhassan and Aliu Mahama respectively.
He reaffirmed the north’s unwavering support for Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in the upcoming NPP flagbearership race, stressing that the endorsement is based on merit and Bawumia’s ability to lead the party to victory in 2028, not ethnicity.
Describing himself as “tired” of repeated insults, Nitiwul said northern MPs have deliberately chosen silence in the interest of party unity despite provocations, but warned that his hard-earned reputation — built on serving as Deputy Minority Leader at age 35 and Defence Minister at 39 without any corruption scandal — will not be tarnished.
He called on Ghanaians to disregard the “misleadingly recycled” video and a prayer: “God bless Ghana and the NPP.”
The statement is likely to intensify the already charged atmosphere within the NPP as the crucial flagbearership contest approaches, with tribal and regional sentiments threatening to overshadow policy debates.
