On Thursday, February 22, 2024, the communications officer for the campaign team of Dr. Bawumia as part of their preparations for the 2024 general elections released a list of the various committees to work on their manifesto.
The campaign team named fifteen people as members of the New Patriotic Party’s Manifesto Committee for tourism, arts and culture.
The committee is chaired by the Executive Secretary of the National Film Authority (NFA), Juliet Yaa Asantewaa Asante and the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) Akwasi Agyemang.
Other members are former minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Catherine Abelema Afeku, Dr. Ama Boafo-Arthur, Prof. Issahatu Adam, the founder of the Glitz Style Awards, Claudia Lumor and actor Prince David Osei.
The rest are Nana Yaw Manteaw, Yaa Pokua Baiden, Kwaku Osei Korankye Asiedu (KOKA), and Festus Frimpong Gyebi, Eric Owusu Akreso, Dr. Ackah Kwame Nyameke, Radia Adama Saani and mutiple award-winning musician, Okyeame Kwame.
Some hours after the release of the list, Okyeame Kwame has come out publicly to state that he has not officially been appointed to the Manifesto Committee of Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia.
He has also added that he is not politically affiliated with the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
In the press release signed on February 24, 2024, by Okyeame Kwame, he stated that he had not been paid for this task.
“I wish to reassure my respected following and reiterate that I remain non-partisan and apolitical, as I have been throughout my entire career. I have not been paid by H.E. The Vice President’s campaign team to be a member of the committee for the arts and tourism manifesto nor have I officially been invited on my terms as non-partisan participant,” he emphasized.
The rap doctor added that he is open to all other political parties that seek to tap into his expertise in the creative industry but he insisted that it must be done properly and on his terms because he is apolitical.
In as much as he said that he wanted the right thing to be done, Okyeame Kwame thanked the Vice President and flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia for reposing trust in his experience.
Read his full press statement below:
