Yaw Opoku Mensah appeals for calm as Kennedy Agyapong row deepens
📍 Accra • by Concernedcitizen • Jun 27, 2026
A leading member of the campaign team of former Education Minister and NPP flagbearer hopeful Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has entered the growing debate over the future of Kennedy Agyapong in the New Patriotic Party (NPP), urging members to put unity ahead of personal grievances as the party looks toward the 2028 general elections.
Yaw Opoku Mensah, who serves as spokesperson for Dr Adutwum and is a member of the NPP communications team, cautioned that the party’s future must not be “sacrificed on the altar of bitterness” amid renewed internal tensions and calls by some supporters for disciplinary action against Mr Kennedy Agyapong.
In a statement titled “Ghana’s Future Cannot Be Sacrificed on the Altar of Bitterness. Let’s Unite for 2028,” Mr Opoku Mensah argued that anyone who has studied Ghana’s Fourth Republic would recognise the NPP and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as representing fundamentally different traditions of governance.
According to him, while the NPP has never been a perfect party, its record has been defined by a consistent commitment to policy innovation, institutional reform and transformative ideas, with many of Ghana’s landmark development initiatives conceived and implemented under its leadership.
He contrasted this with the governing NDC, claiming the party has too often pursued “expediency rather than vision, populism rather than long-term strategy, and reaction rather than innovation,” and has struggled to offer bold, forward-looking solutions capable of driving sustained national transformation.
Mr Opoku Mensah said those who believe Ghana’s future depends on visionary leadership, policy creativity and a clear development agenda should remain focused on strengthening the NPP rather than deepening internal divisions.
He stressed that internal grievances, personal ambitions and lingering bitterness must not be allowed to undermine the party’s collective objective of returning to power in 2028.
“The road to 2028 will not be won by division. It will be won by a shared commitment to purpose, a belief in ideas, and the determination to place country above self. Ghana’s progress demands nothing less,” he stated.
His comments come amid heightened tensions within the NPP following recent controversies involving Kennedy Agyapong, with some party supporters calling for sanctions against the former Assin Central MP while others continue to advocate reconciliation and party unity ahead of the 2028 elections.
Yaw Opoku Mensah, who serves as spokesperson for Dr Adutwum and is a member of the NPP communications team, cautioned that the party’s future must not be “sacrificed on the altar of bitterness” amid renewed internal tensions and calls by some supporters for disciplinary action against Mr Kennedy Agyapong.
In a statement titled “Ghana’s Future Cannot Be Sacrificed on the Altar of Bitterness. Let’s Unite for 2028,” Mr Opoku Mensah argued that anyone who has studied Ghana’s Fourth Republic would recognise the NPP and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as representing fundamentally different traditions of governance.
According to him, while the NPP has never been a perfect party, its record has been defined by a consistent commitment to policy innovation, institutional reform and transformative ideas, with many of Ghana’s landmark development initiatives conceived and implemented under its leadership.
He contrasted this with the governing NDC, claiming the party has too often pursued “expediency rather than vision, populism rather than long-term strategy, and reaction rather than innovation,” and has struggled to offer bold, forward-looking solutions capable of driving sustained national transformation.
Mr Opoku Mensah said those who believe Ghana’s future depends on visionary leadership, policy creativity and a clear development agenda should remain focused on strengthening the NPP rather than deepening internal divisions.
He stressed that internal grievances, personal ambitions and lingering bitterness must not be allowed to undermine the party’s collective objective of returning to power in 2028.
“The road to 2028 will not be won by division. It will be won by a shared commitment to purpose, a belief in ideas, and the determination to place country above self. Ghana’s progress demands nothing less,” he stated.
His comments come amid heightened tensions within the NPP following recent controversies involving Kennedy Agyapong, with some party supporters calling for sanctions against the former Assin Central MP while others continue to advocate reconciliation and party unity ahead of the 2028 elections.
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