In the heart of Accra, on the historic Ring Road where a great deal of Ghana’s political story was written, Ing. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong (KAA) is set to unveil his national campaign office, a magnificent edifice symbolising not just a political ambition but the return of a man whose life epitomises Service, Sacrifice, and Selflessness. These are not mere words on a campaign poster; they are the lived reality of a man who has carried the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on his back through some of its toughest battles. Today, as the NPP faces its most daunting test in decades, internal cracks, growing public disaffection, and the need for a unifier to rally the base, KAA stands as the most charismatic, visionary, and selfless candidate ready to rebuild the Party and reconnect it with its soul. KAA’s life story is not the tale of a pampered political aristocrat. The story of his childhood was marked by tragedy yet shaped by Resilience. It is the story of resilience carved through pain. One of his favourite scriptures is Job 23:10, which says, “But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” Here is KAA, standing strong with deep insight and wisdom, willingly yielding to the call to fix a broken party just to deliver prosperity for all Ghanaians through a leadership that so empathises with every heartbeat of the Ghanaian. In 1982, tragedy struck when his father, the distinguished High Court Judge Justice Kwadwo Agyei Agyepong, was abducted and brutally murdered along with three others in the infamous June 30 killings. For a young man still in university, that was enough to break the spirit of anyone. But not KAA. He mourned, indeed, but was never left broken in perpetuity. He went back to his civil engineering studies at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) with renewed grit, determined to live up to his father’s legacy of service to Ghana. It is interesting to note he took consolation as a sports broadcaster who Learned Leadership in the trenches. All who know and have followed KAA well understand that, aside from his journeying in diplomatic circles, his love for sports, particularly Asante Kotoko, Liverpool, and boxing, is not some mere entertainment; it has been his training ground for leadership. As Chairman of Kotoko Supporters Union (Circle 48, UST), KAA learned how to mobilise people, raise funds, and unite factions under one goal: victory for Kotoko by all means! He fondly recalls mobilising supporters to man the gates during African Cup matches in 1982, where he mobilised his colleague students to man the gates at the Kumasi Sports Stadium, thereby increasing match revenue for his beloved Asante Kotoko. That experience shaped his appreciation for grassroots work; you cannot lead people if you have not stood with them under the scorching sun, fighting for something bigger than yourself. And who can forget the humour in his Liverpool obsession? Even during his Contract Management courses in school, he scribbled Liverpool’s legendary 1986 Double-Winning Team in his notebook, a gesture that served proof that passion and duty can co-exist. A very down-to-earth lover of the partying nightlife at KNUST, he also organised boxing nights to revive an old Mfantsipim tradition. These anecdotes may sound lighthearted, but they reveal a man who knows how to bring people together through shared love and excitement; a unifying trait the NPP desperately needs. Part II: In the Trenches and in the Strongroom – The Living Pillar of the NPP’s Legacy KAA’s political baptism of fire came early. He positioned himself as a courageous voice under JJ Rawlings! As a young sports journalist and pundit at GBC, he took bold stands against the Rawlings regime, subtly but firmly campaigning for democratic change at a time when many feared even whispering NPP slogans. Imagine a young man still grieving his father, a victim of political brutality, yet refusing to be silenced! That courage did not just make him a respected broadcaster; it cemented his reputation as a man who values truth over convenience. Yet another remarkable addition to his rich experience is the fact that KAA devoted himself as a young Party activist who helped to build the NPP from scratch. When the NPP was formed in 1992, he was not a distant supporter; he was in the trenches. He joined the Young Executives Forum, YEF, contributing cash, strategy, and mobilisation of various resources. He was part of the group that helped finance the first NPP party office in Kokomlemle, Accra. In 1994, he was among the first to represent the NPP on the newly created Inter-Party Advisory Committee IPAC of the EC. In 1996, KAA served as a member of the National Campaign Committee under the Chairmanship of Alhaji Issaka Inusah. In 1998, he played a leading role in former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s presidential primaries campaign, and by 2000, he was in the Strongroom of the EC, safeguarding John Agyekum Kufuor’s votes and had the singular honour of putting in the phone call from the EC strongroom to Candidate J.A Kufuor’s West Airport residence to break the news of his victory