Kennedy Agyapong Warns NPP: "I'll Spill the Beans if Provoked"

Former Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has issued a pointed warning to the New Patriotic Party, threatening to expose undisclosed details of alleged corruption if party officials continue to label him as embittered.

Speaking publicly, the former NPP flagbearer aspirant rejected the characterization of his criticism as personal bitterness, insisting that his concerns are rooted in national development rather than partisan grievance.

“The NPP says I am bitter. I will not say anything to them. They think it is about what they did during the campaign. They can’t shut me down,” Agyapong said.

At the heart of Agyapong’s frustration is the Afari Military Hospital, a project he says the NPP failed to operationalise despite eight years in government and substantial public investment. The unfinished facility, he argued, represents a missed opportunity to improve healthcare delivery for both military personnel and civilians in the Ashanti Region.

The former legislator escalated his critique by levelling corruption allegations against Agenda 111, the NPP government’s flagship hospital construction programme. “If Ghanaians want to know, they should ask them about Agenda 111, whether they were able to complete one. They sold the contracts to other people and took 10 per cent,” he alleged, without providing documentary evidence.

These allegations come at a time when public debate around the completion of Agenda 111 hospitals remains intense, with various political figures weighing in on how best to finish the stalled projects.

In a notable departure from purely partisan attacks, Agyapong extended his corruption narrative to include the governing National Democratic Congress. He claimed that his wife was once presented with a contract worth $55 million by an NDC-affiliated individual, with a demand for a seven per cent advance payment before the contract would be awarded.

“In the NDC, too, I was there when somebody brought a contract to my wife worth 55 million dollars. She was asked to pay an advance of 7 per cent before they would give it to her,” he alleged.

The NPP has disputed aspects of Agyapong’s narrative. Party officials maintain that the Afari Military Hospital is approximately 98 per cent complete, contradicting his assertion that the project was abandoned. Independent fact-checking assessments have also labelled Agyapong’s claim that the NPP did nothing to complete the hospital as misleading.

Still, Agyapong’s willingness to level accusations against his own former party underscored the depth of internal fractures within the NPP. His explicit threat to “spill the beans” suggests he may possess information that could prove damaging if made public.

The political implications are considerable. With Ghana’s political landscape continuing to evolve ahead of future elections, Agyapong’s public warnings risk deepening factional divisions and could prompt civil society organisations and media outlets to demand greater transparency around the award and execution of public contracts, including those under Agenda 111.

Whether Agyapong follows through on his threat will depend largely on how the NPP leadership responds in the coming weeks. For now, his warning serves as a reminder that intra-party disputes in Ghanaian politics can carry consequences that extend well beyond the party machinery and into the broader national discourse on accountability and governance.

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