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Energy Minister Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has been confirmed as the running mate to Dr Bawumia.
“I am happy to report that after the necessary consideration, the National Council unanimously endorsed Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh as the running mate of Dr Bawumia,”
General Secretary of the NPP, Justin Kuodua Frimpong, said this at a press conference on Thursday.
Kodau Frimpong added, “He is a charismatic, bold leader who excelled at the Ministry of Education and the Energy
He has a great working relationship with our candidate. He added that this will help the NPP ensure a resounding third consecutive electoral victory in 2024,” he said.
Profile of Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh
Matthew Opoku Prempeh, born May 23, 1968, is the current Minister of Energy. Before that, he served as Education Minister in President Akufo-Addo’s first term.
He is the Member of Parliament for the Manhyia South constituency in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital.
He was first elected to Parliament in 2008 and is a member of the New Patriotic Party.
In 2016, he was re-elected with 35,958 votes, representing 87.17% of the votes in the constituency.
Nana Poku-Napo, as he is affectionately called, studied human biology and medicine at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), and had his post-graduate studies at the Netherlands Institute of Health Sciences and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Before parliament, he served as CEO of Keyedmap Security Services Limited from 2004 to 2009 and as a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2003. He is also a medical doctor.
He identifies as a Christian and is a nephew of former President, John Agyekum Kufuor. He remarried in 2024 after divorcing his first wife.
In May 2017, President Akufo-Addo named him as one of his nineteen ministers who would form his cabinet. As a Cabinet minister, Matthew Opoku Prempeh has been part of the inner circle of the president and has aided in key decision-making activities in the government.
