Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, running mate to Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is on the verge of becoming "the national governing party forever." This he says, is due to the commitment of what he calls the party's mother regions, being the Ashanti and Eastern, interspersed with the support and commitment being show by the Western region. He believes the support from the Western region, coupled with what they already have in the Ahanti and Eastern Regions, are enough to make the NPP rule the country in perpetuity. According to him, he has spent most of his time touring the length and breath of the region since his nomination as running mate to Dr.