A founding Member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe, has asked the party's running mate for the 2024 general election, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, to apologise to former President John Agyekum Kufuor.

In an interview with 3FM, Dr. Tamakloe asked the former energy minister to apologise to President Kufuor for downplaying his contributions to Ghana's development in his assertion that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has outperformed every president in Ghana's history.

"The only thing I will tell him is that he should go to [former President] J.A. Kufuor and apologise to him. That is the only person I want him [to go to]. He should apologise to Kufuor because when President Kufuor took over this country, this country was in shambles.

"He was able to straighten things. I wouldn't even like to refer him to the demands that the CPP people are putting up. No, I am not a CPP man.

"I will ask him to go and apologise to Kufuor. Because without Kufuor when we took over in 2000, we wouldn't have gotten to where we are today."

"…He should go to Kufuor with his hands behind him, kneel before him and beg him for that sort of statement that he has made," he stated.

Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, popularly known as NAPO, was recently nominated by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the ruling NPP, as his running mate, a choice which received the unanimous endorsement of the party's National Executive Council.

During his official outdooring in Kumasi on Tuesday, June 9, 2024, NAPO emphasised that not even Ghana's first president, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, comes close to President Akufo-Addo when it comes to spearheading development in the country's history.

His statement has received widespread criticism, some citing it as a confirmation of his alleged arrogant trait.

However, according to Dr. Nyaho Tamakloe, NAPO's action is a result of an inferiority complex and thus suggested that he seek psychiatric help.

"As for me, I will not advise him because I have already told you what his problem is. It is not arrogance; it is inferiority complex, and he needs the help of a psychiatrist," he stated.

Source: Ghanaweb