On Saturday, January 27, 2024, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) held its parliamentary primaries in the Kwabre East constituency.
The party’s Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Anti-Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi, was spotted there.
Chairman Wontumi was spotted visiting a polling place in Kwabre East, where he expressed confidence in the NPP’s ability to win the upcoming 2024 elections, despite reports that he was ill and had been admitted to the hospital.
Chairman Wontumi declared that the NPP was committed to breaking the eight in the video that JoyNews released.
“Breaking the eight is non-negotiable. We are winning the 2024 elections and breaking the eight. The NDC can do their propaganda and tell lies but there is nothing about NPP winning the elections.
“We will win for Ghana to develop and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to become the president of the country,” Wontumi said.
Chairman Wontumi asserts that breaking the 8 is non-negotiable pic.twitter.com/XSCVCqKMPC
— SIKAOFFICIAL🦍 (@SIKAOFFICIAL1) January 27, 2024
Meanwhile, according to reports, the Manhyia Palace has denied media allegations that the New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi, should not have been summoned to appear before the Kumasi Traditional Council.
According to media reports, the Asantehene gave the Kumasi Traditional Council the order to adjourn discussions regarding Chairman Wontumi’s alleged disrespect for the person sitting on the golden stool.
In a meeting held on Monday, January 22, 2024, at the Manhyia Palace, Nana Kofi Owusu, the Chief Linguist of Otumfuo, gave the NPP, under the leadership of Justin Frimpong Kodua, instructions to present Chairman Wontumi to the Asanteman Council in a week.
Wontumi is encouraged to show up in spite of any health issues in response to alleged disparaging remarks made about Asanteman.
However, news websites have purported to have received an order from the Asantehene telling the Kumasi Traditional Council to put Chairman Wontumi’s case on hold.
However, sources close to the palace told JoyNews that these reports were denied and that the Asantehene had not given any such order.
