, the 2024 running mate to the 's (NPP) flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has drawn a comparison between Assin Central Member of Parliament, ; and Italy's former Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi. Speaking in an interview on Ahwenepa FM on August 15, 2024, during a campaign tour in the Ashanti Region, Dr. Prempeh highlighted 's influence within Ghana's media landscape and equated it to Berlusconi's rise to prominence in Italy. He noted that just as Berlusconi leveraged his ownership of radio stations and football clubs to become Italy's longest-serving prime minister post-war, serving over nine years, Agyapong's control over several radio stations in Ghana has made him a key figure in the country's political sphere. "Just look at the number of radio stations that have been opened since Nana Addo became president and imagine if each of the stations employs at least two people. "Just imagine the number.