Energy Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh believes that voting for a candidate in an election should be based on competence rather than religion.
According to Dr. Prempeh, the key determinant in an election should be one’s ability to bring the needed prosperity to the people.
Speaking on separate platforms, meeting with artisans and delegates of the Manhyia South constituency NPP in Manhyia on Friday, October 27, 2023, he said that Ghana over the period has had the phenomenon of all religions co-existing peacefully, and therefore it is dangerous for anybody to play the religious card during any election, whether internal party elections or national elections.
“I, Matthew Opoku Prempeh was named after a Muslim and the Regional Chief Imam of the Ashanti Region is my brother. What this should tell you is that, in my family some are Christians and some are Muslims. This situation also exists in a lot of families. It is therefore unacceptable to create partitions and divisions on religious lines” he said
The Manhyia South lawmaker said members of the NPP must be proud of the achievements of the government over the past seven years and be resolute in canvassing for the party.
“The unfortunate global happenings have made governments across the world unpopular, however, the record will show that we have performed better even under these circumstances” he said. He said the NPP had been better managers of the economy than the John Mahama-led NDC and expressed optimism that the NPP was going to win the December 2024 elections.
Dr. Prempeh urged delegates of Manhyia South to exercise their democratic franchise peacefully on November 4, 2023, as the unity of the party is crucial for a decisive NPP victory in 2024.
