The Chairman of NPP Council of Elders who was stranded for some minutes announced this in an interview with Adom News’ Maxwell Kudekor.

However, Mr Agyemang stated that, he managed to cast his vote after being cleared.

“When I came, they couldn’t find my name because I am the only founder I guess but eventually it has been sorted and I have voted,” he said.

Reacting to the development on Adom TV, the Director of Legal Affairs, Gary Nimako stated it was a minor procedural error.

“It must have been an error on the side of the IT department and the aspirants and their camps also did not check the names well,” he said.

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Speaking on Joy FM’s Top Story, he said aggrieved members must report their issues to the leadership of the party at all times for them to be addressed.

He asserted that when issues are reported, they go through the national officers and the national disciplinary committee before they are eventually addressed.

Mr Owusu-Agyemang said difficulties are bound to happen; however, “what we have to do is see how we can solve it but to decide to leave the party and, in so doing, pull people along with you and make sentences which are not good; at the end of the day, it is not the best way to do it.

“To say that what the National Council decided was unmeritorious and on and on… I don’t think that is what it is.”

He added, “We’ve had this thing all over again. It happened some years ago where he [Alan] left and then came back.”

According to him, the party is strong, committed, dedicated, and going forward on its own agenda.

For this reason, he said, “No single person should think he is bigger than the party.”

Mr Owusu-Agyeman’s comment comes after former Trade and Industry Minister Alan Kyerematen resigned from the NPP on Monday, September 25.

He cited a host of grievances that have not been addressed and therefore decided to run as an independent candidate in the 2024 polls.

Reacting to this, the Chairman of the NPP Council of Elders said Mr Kyerematen shouldn’t have resigned from the party.

According to him, the elders were never consulted on this decision to exit the party.

Asked whether he would make an attempt to bring Mr Kyerematen back to the NPP’s fold, he said it is too late since he has already caused damage to the party and they are willing to live with it and overcome it.

He added that if he, however, wants to return, he would have to reapply since the party’s rules in Article 3 are clear on that.

“If he wants to come, he is welcome. We need the numbers so we are not pushing anybody away… I am not a priest, but there is something called the prodigal son. If you go out and you want to come, you’re welcome,” he added.

Mr Owusu-Agyemang also dispelled claims that the party has been hijacked by selected leaders, elders, and government appointees.

According to him, such claims are untrue since the party has a manifesto that spells out every member’s role.

“I cannot accept that,” he said.

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Mrs Owusu-Agyemang’s final funeral rites came off on Saturday, November 12, 2022, at the Opportunity Industrialisation Centre (IOC), East Legon, Accra.

She was subsequently interred at Amanokrom in the Akuapem land of the Eastern Region.

Mrs Owusu-Agyemang passed on on Thursday, August 25, 2022.

Mr Hackman Owusu-Agyemang filled the eyes of mourners with tears as he read an emotional tribute in honour of his late wife.

“The day we had to say our final goodbye and lay my beautiful ‘Comfort’ to rest was the day I feared greatly after her passing.

“How would I have found the strength to endure this last goodbye? This was a constant source of anguish for me,” he read.

He continued with an appreciation to his late wife for being a pillar who stood behind him every step of the way till death parted them.

To the scores of sympathisers and mourners, he lauded them for their presence and commiseration messages during their difficult moments.

“Thank you for being there and ensuring that I had the chance to say a meaningful goodbye, full of happy and heartfelt memories of her.

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“You made such a difference in my day. Thank you and I genuinely appreciate your comfort.
The family thanks all friends and sympathisers,” he lauded.

In attendance to mourn with the family was President Akufo-Addo, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Chief of Staff; Frema Akosua Osei Opare as well as other senior NPP officials and members.

The wife, Mrs Comfort Owusu-Agyemang, passed on on Thursday, August 25, 2022, after a short illness.

The death, according to the Minister, came to him as a shock and prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace.

He eulogised Madam Comfort for her strong entrepreneurial spirit and outstanding efforts to establish and consolidate Maa Grace Garments Company.

This, he noted, will forever stand as a testament to her commitment to Ghana’s industrial transformation.

Mr Kyerematen climaxed his visit with a message in a book of condolence for the bereaved.

Dr Bawumia’s visit was to commiserate with the former Foreign Affairs Minister over the death of his wife, Comfort Owusu-Agyemang.

Mrs Owusu-Agyemang passed on on Thursday, August 25, 2022.

Dr Bawumia, during his visit, signed a book of condolence opened in honour of the deceased.

Mrs Owusu-Agyemang is said to have passed on on Thursday, August 25, 2022.

The cause of death is, however, not known.

On Adom TV’s Badwam, Mr Botwe, who is the Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, expressed shock over the incident after host, Akwasi Nsiah, consoled the bereaved family.

Stating it was a difficult one, Mr Botwe indicated he has not received any information about Mrs Agyemang’s passing.

He, however, prayed for the deceased who he described as a nice person and anybody who came into contact definitely took something valuable from her.

The wife, Mrs Comfort Owusu-Agyemang, is said to have passed on on Thursday, August 25, 2022.

The cause of death is, however, not immediately known.

 According to him, this was when the party in 2008 decided to accommodate 17 aspirants for its presidential primary.

Though Mr Owusu-Agyemang was part of these 17 aspirants, including President Nana Akufo-Addo, he stated it was not good for the party.

To him, the development was partly responsible for their loss in the general election as they could have all thrown their weight behind one or two persons.

“It was in the year 2008 where we had 17 of our people in competition to be president. If at the time we had the understanding that it will not help us and the best thing to do was to have one or two compete for it, we would not have lost that election.

“That did not help us break that eight-year cycle that was beginning to establish itself. That was a major mistake,” he recounted in an interview on Accra-based Citi FM.

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President Akufo-Addo emerged the winner of that election with Mr Agyemang, placing 7th after he polled 28 votes from the 2,293 delegates.

Check out the outcome of the election and details of other aspirants below: