Vocal critic Kelvin Taylor has levelled serious allegations against Kennedy Agyapong, a flagbearer aspirant for Ghana’s ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). Taylor claims that Agyapong has been awarded approximately 70% of all contracts from the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD).
According to Taylor, Kennedy Agyapong has benefited immensely from President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s administration. Taylor states, “He is the one who has gotten more money under this administration than anyone else. When you go to COCOBOD, 70% of the contracts, they give it to Kennedy Agyapong.”
Agyapong has also reportedly held key positions, including a place on the Ghana Gas board. Taylor goes further to claim that the approval for such roles came directly from Akufo-Addo and Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia.
Taylor went on to question Agyapong’s wife, alleging that she was made the board chair of the Ghana Shippers Authority with Akufo-Addo’s approval.
He made these remarks on his online show, With All Due Respect, while reacting to Agyapong’s recent comments about the NPP’s alleged looting of public funds.
He described Agyapong as a “thief” and a “funny dude” who is “still enjoying from the government” he claims is corrupt.
“So if Kennedy tells you NPP members are thieves, who are the thieves? He is a first class criminal, because as we speak today, he is still serving a criminal. Kennedy Agyapong is serving Bawumia, he is serving Akufo-Addo, he is serving NPP as the board chair of Ghana Gas. So if Kennedy stands in front of you and tells you NPP members are thieves, they are stealing from Ghana like there is no tomorrow, he is basically still working for the Akufo-Addo administration,” Taylor lashed out.
Kennedy Agyapong, on October 2, 2023, was reported to have made accusations of corruption against his own party. He claimed that the magnitude of the NPP’s alleged looting of public funds was as if “there was no tomorrow”.
“The way the NPP is looting this country, you will think there is no tomorrow. You steal all this money and stash same abroad, what do you mean? The youth of this country are not working, yet you are intimidating people. I will put my life on the line and defend them,” he is reported to have said.
However, Agyapong later clarified that the reports surrounding his allegations had been taken out of context. He stated that the video from which these reports stemmed was “culled from a private meeting” he had with party communicators in Kumasi, Ashanti Region. In a statement, Agyapong emphasised that he remains a committed member of the NPP and accused the media of creating a “deadly impression” of the party.
Kennedy Agyapong is the biggest beneficiary in Akuffo Addo government
– Kevin Taylor pic.twitter.com/35TO0tvgEo— With All Due Respect (@cdzas) October 26, 2023