The Assin Central Member of Parliament and presidential candidate hopeful of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has addressed the controversy with regard to his comment on the government’s management of the Ghanaian Cedi, where he blamed a certain “bogus strategist.”

According to the firebrand politician, it was not targeted at Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.

In an interview on Home Radio on Monday, July 24, Mr Agyapong explained that his remarks were directed towards a specific Member of Parliament, rather than the Vice President. 

He asserted that his intention was not to attack the Vice President, but to criticise a parliamentarian who had questioned the government’s strategic approach.

“The truth hurts…so you are the victim, and I am educating you, and you think I’m hitting back? You see, they are not being fair. I did not hit the Vice President but I hit one MP because he said, 'We don’t want somebody who will come and say that I have done this and that for the party and Ghana, but we want a strategist,” Agyapong said.

Mr Agyapong then pointed out an incident in Parliament where the said MP had claimed that Ghana would not approach the International Monetary Fund (IMF), only for the country to return to the IMF for assistance later. 

This led Mr Agyapong to question the MP’s claims of being a strategist.

The Assin Central lawmaker also took a hit at some media outlets accusing them of sensationalizing news and not providing the full context of his statements. 

He emphasised that his remarks were made in an attempt to advise against divisive campaigning within the party and to promote unity among its members.

Mr Agyapong further opened up about his experiences with politics and the challenges he faced, stating, “The people that I have helped, made them who they are today, they are the ones that are against me. I bought cars, gave them money, campaigned for them to win their seats, but now, they’re my number one enemies. But I just look at them, and I say Lord, forgive them because of their stomach.”