Former radio and TV host, Kojo Frempong, has announced plans to contest the Parliamentary seat of Wenchi in the upcoming primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The Wenchi seat is currently occupied by NPP’s Professor Yaw Gyan-Baffour, Minister of Planning. Prof Gyan-Baffour has been on the seat since 2005 and has not made his intentions for the upcoming elections known.
In a recent interview, the former broadcaster confirmed he will pick up his nomination forms to contest the seat located in the Bono Region of Ghana.
Kojo Frempong said;
“Definitely, I am of the firm belief that we can rethink Wenchi. These days, Wenchi is not the town it used to be.”
“Some 25 years ago, Techiman, Kintampo and Tain were all under Wenchi. Fast forward to today, Techiman has outstripped Wenchi in every known economic and social metric. I have been telling delegates that we can re-engineer Wenchi to create new opportunities for the people and to represent them in a way that will create a new dawn of development and hope for the people.”
He went on to add that; “I also believe we can increase the voter numbers for the New Patriotic Party and President Nana Akufo Addo. Thankfully, the delegates agree with me and we are poised to pick forms in order to deliver our stated agenda.
“Remember Wenchi occupies hallowed status in the annals of the Dankwa, Busia Dombo tradition. Wenchi is the seat of the revered Professor Busia, Ghana’s only post-independent Prime Minister and an ideological titan for us in the NPP. It will be my honour to work to revive the fortunes of Wenchi to restore it to such a level that her current citizens and the NPP will be extremely proud of the constituency,” he concluded.
According to Kojo Frempong, both of his parents are natives of Wenchi and in the coming days, he will rightly outline his goals and vision for the constituency.
Background
Kojo Frempong has built an enviable reputation in the media space. He has a long-standing relationship with radio and TV stations, having worked for the likes of Skyy Power FM in Takoradi, Joy FM, TV3 and Viasat 1 TV.
At his last media job, Kojo was the Chief Operations Officer at TV Africa and also the host of the Ghana Tonight Show, a show for political pundits.
He has won numerous awards both as a sports journalist and lifestyle presenter and was adjudged the best TV show Host in 2014 and 2015 at the Radio and Television Awards.
Kojo Frmepong graduated with a Master of Public Administration degree from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in May last year and currently works with the Ministry of Business Development.
