Actor and businessman Edward Agyekum Kufuor has announced his intention to contest the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primary in Atwima Nwabiagya North, the Ashanti Region constituency once represented by his father, former President John Agyekum Kufuor.
In a public notice issued before the party’s Tuesday, November 10 deadline for prospective parliamentary aspirants, Kufuor said he had reached the decision after prayerful reflection and consultations.
Atwima Nwabiagya North was created from the former Atwima Nwabiagya constituency, which John Agyekum Kufuor represented in Parliament before becoming Ghana’s president from 2001 to 2009.
“Above all, the needs of the people of Atwima Nwabiagya North come first, before personal ambition or family name,” Edward Agyekum Kufuor said.
He added: “Atwima Nwabiagya North is home.
“It is the land my father, H.E. John Agyekum Kufuor, served as Member of Parliament before leading Ghana.
“I return not to trade on a name, but to earn your trust through service, strategy and practical solutions for our people.”
Kufuor is campaigning under the slogan “Service | Strategy | Solutions”. His priorities include improving motorable feeder roads between farming communities and markets, promoting value addition for cocoa and food crops, and protecting the Barekese water catchment, which supplies Kumasi.
He also listed better schools, healthcare facilities, and skills and enterprise support among his proposed areas of focus, with the aim of helping young people find employment in their own communities.
The candidate said he respected all other aspirants and would work with party executives, both past and present, as well as polling station executives, electoral area coordinators and grassroots members.
His stated objective is to preserve Atwima Nwabiagya North as an “unbreakable NPP stronghold”. He also declared his backing for former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s bid for the presidency in 2028.
The seat is currently held by NPP MP Frank Yeboah, who won it at the December 2024 election and is serving his first term in Parliament.
Kufuor is known in Ghanaian film and television for playing Vice President Richard Blankson in Shirley Frimpong-Manso’s Adams’ Apples series. He also appeared in the 2024 drama The Storm.
This is not his first attempt to seek an NPP parliamentary nomination. He filed to contest the party’s primary for the December 2018 Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election, but later withdrew in favour of Lydia Seyram Alhassan.
His announcement comes after similar bids for the 2028 NPP primaries by Farouk Aliu Mahama, the son of former Vice President Aliu Mahama, in Yendi, along with four prominent broadcasters.
