Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, popularly known as NAPO, the running mate to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer for the 2024 elections, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has denied allegations that the party is against Northerners. Speaking at the Ashanti Regional Campaign Working Committee Meeting and Women's Conference in Kumasi on Sunday, August 11, 2024, he dismissed these claims as baseless and without merit. NAPO emphasized that assertions suggesting that the Ashanti region, a traditional stronghold of the NPP, would not support Dr.