{"id":93495,"date":"2025-09-10T14:41:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=93495"},"modified":"2025-09-10T14:41:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:41:01","slug":"this-cant-be-grounds-for-disqualification-kwabena-agyepong-rejects-gh%c2%a24-6m-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=93495","title":{"rendered":"This can\u2019t be grounds for disqualification \u2013 Kwabena Agyepong rejects GH\u00a24.6m fee"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant, Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, has expressed strong disapproval of the GH\u00a24.6 million development fee being charged by the party from its presidential aspirants.<\/p>\n

Speaking in an interview on\u00a0Adom FM\u2019s morning show\u00a0Dwaso Nsem<\/em>,\u00a0Mr. Agyepong described the fee as \u201cmorally wrong\u201d and a clear attempt to place unnecessary financial barriers on aspirants.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a subtle attempt to bring back a fee that was rejected at the National Executive Committee meeting. At that meeting, some regional chairmen even suggested GH\u00a210 million, and another said GH\u00a25 million. I was shocked. Do they even appreciate what is happening in the country, to mention such huge sums?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

According to him, the committee had agreed on GH\u00a2100,000 for nomination forms and GH\u00a2500,000 as a filing fee, but not any additional development fee.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are running presidential primaries, it is not the candidates who are supposed to finance the primaries. It is the party\u2019s responsibility to do that. So I was shocked when this so-called development fee appeared,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

Mr. Agyepong further argued that the NPP\u2019s constitution does not give the National Council the power to impose such charges.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only role of the National Council is to set the date for the primaries, not to introduce money barriers. It is morally wrong. It means if you don\u2019t have that money, you cannot stand as president. So leadership positions become the preserve of a few,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also rejected claims that some aspirants could easily pay the fee.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cThose who claim they have that money, I know all of them. They even came to meet me in this party, without exception. Who among them can tell me he had more money than me?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr. Agyepong stated that his contributions to the NPP over the years cannot be ignored.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have run this party before, and I know what it takes to organise primaries. Don\u2019t tell me a party that has been in power for eight years has no money. There are ways to raise funds. Do they know the contributions I have made? Those making that noise, where were they?\u201d he questioned.<\/p>\n

He concluded that the GH\u00a24.6 million development fee must not be a subject for disqualification.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have paid what I am supposed to pay, so why impose such fees on us? What kind of image are we showing Ghanaians?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

The NPP recently opened nominations for its presidential aspirants, charging GH\u00a2100,000 for nomination forms, GH\u00a2500,000 as a filing fee, and an additional GH\u00a24.6 million as a development fee.<\/p>\n

But Mr. Agyepong insists the National Executive Committee has \u201cno business fixing development fees.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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