, popularly known as NAPO, the running mate to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer for the 2024 elections, , 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. Bawumia due to his Northern roots were false. He further elaborated that the Ashanti Region has consistently supported past NPP candidates, such as former President and the current president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and would continue to do so with Dr.