Kennedy Agyapong, a former flagbearer hopeful of NPP
The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2024 parliamentary candidate for Agona West, Christopher Arthur, has questioned Kennedy Agyapong, a former flagbearer hopeful of the party, over his strained relationship with the Christian community ahead of the 2028 general elections.
According to Christopher Arthur, Kennedy Agyapong once launched a relentless crusade against pastors and churches in Ghana, threatening to expose and collapse their ministries.
Now that he is seeking to lead the nation, Arthur wonders how Agyapong plans to reconcile with the very religious groups he previously criticized in order to gain their support.
His comment follows recent public discussions about the role of religion and ethnicity in Ghana’s electoral outcomes.
Arthur referenced a statement made by Kwesi Kwarteng, a spokesperson for Kennedy Agyapong and a former Public Relations Officer for the Ministry of Education, who claimed that religion and ethnicity played a major role in the NPP’s defeat in the 2024 elections.
In an interview on Movement TV on June 11, 2025, Christopher Arthur responded, saying, “Kwesi Kwarteng said Ghana is a religious country, and that the religious balance shows we won’t vote for a Muslim as president.
“If that’s the case, then I’m asking, Kennedy Agyapong, who vowed to collapse churches, fought with pastors, and attacked religious leaders, does he not realize that those people also vote?”
He added, “How will Kennedy Agyapong now walk into churches to ask for votes from the same religious bodies he publicly denounced? Which church does Kennedy Agyapong attend himself?”
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