NPP ‘Big Six’ Founding  Fathers in A/R endorse Afriyie Akoto

Six out of seven surviving Founding Fathers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region have overwhelmingly endorsed Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto as the party’s surest bet for its flagbearer position.

The elders of the party who many describe as the ‘Big Six’ in contemporary Ghanaian politics because of their influence pledged their support to Dr. Akoto when they paid a courtesy call on him at his residence in Danyame on Saturday, August 5, 2023.

Among the members are Kofi Obiri Yeboah Akwasi, Chairman, Gyeabour Asante,  William Asafu-Agyei, George Appiah, Nicholas Kofi Nyantakyi and Peter Kwabena Anokye.

The seventh man, Owusu Badu, who couldn’t join the team, had sought permission from the Chairman.

Led by their Chairman, Kofi Obiri Yeboah, the Founding Fathers of the UP tradition had gone to Dr. Akoto to interact with him, listen to his vision for the party and Ghana in general, and also ponder with him what they could do to rekindle the spirit of togetherness in the party going into the 2024 general elections.

The ‘Big Six’ as they are affectionately called are convinced that Dr. Akoto has demonstrated without any iota of doubt that he is capable of managing the NPP and Ghana in general, considering his track record for the party and when he became a Cabinet Minister (Minister of Food and Agriculture) under President Akufo-Addo’s administration.

Commenting on the gesture, Dr. Akoto said he was elated by the support shown him by the Founding Fathers and assured of contributing more to the progress of the NPP to justify their confidence reposed in him.

The Deputy Ashanti Regional Secretary of the NPP AND Coordinator for Team Akoto in the Ashanti Region, Allen Gyimah, also commenting on the endorsement of the Founding Fathers of the party in the region said the action by the ‘Big Six’ is a clear demonstration that that the party wants a result oriented person to lead the party to the 2024 general elections.