The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, known widely by many as Chairman Wontumi has told delegates of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Northern Region that, they, Ashantis have chosen the vice president, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia ahead of the party flagbearership race.
Chairman Wontumi said this when he was speaking to the NPP delegates at Bagaga College of Education during the vice president’s meeting with the Sagnarigu delegates to canvass for their votes as part of his campaign for the party’s flagbearership race slated for November 4 this year.
“The heart of NPP is in Ashanti region. So anytime you see the Ashantis supporting you, it means NPP is behind you. So that is why I am here. This is an indication that the party is following you. Our King in Ashanti, his royal majesty has declared that Dr. Bawumia is his royal son. And he has given him a name; prince Nana Agyemang. That is the name he had given to him”, he told the delegates.
“So we the Ashantis are here to support you (northerners). We are here to make history. We stand together. 4th November, Ashantis, we have decided to give Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia 100 %…”, the vociferous Chairman Wontumi added during his campaign for Dr. Bawumia.
In August this year, Chairman Wontumi revealed that, as a token of appreciation for the work the Vice President has done for the Ashanti Region in particular and the NPP as a whole, he and many other high-ranking members of the party in the region have taken over the campaign expenses of Dr. Bawumia as he seeks to lead the party into the 2024 General Elections.
Chairman Wontumi said that he, working in concert with others, has formed a group of financiers composed of NPP Members of Parliament (MPs) from the region and other powerful members of the party to fund the campaign of the Vice President as a show of gratitude for the many developmental projects and programmes he has spearheaded to the benefit of the Ashanti Region.
To drum home their commitment, the group of bankrollers of Bawumia led by Chairman Wontumi took over his campaign expenditure when he was in the region to campaign recently. Bills that the campaign team of Dr. Bawumia should have settled were all paid for
by the financiers.
“Ashanti Region has spoken already and has decided to choose a leader who will lead us to break the eight [ win a third straight term to govern]. I have met the MPs. And some leaders including some Chiefs in the Ashanti Region, during which, we appreciated what the Vice President has done for Asanteman. And for that
reason, he is spared the burden of bearing the cost of water, transportation, accommodation, food and other miscellaneous expenses as far as the primaries are concerned since we have decided to honour those obligations,” Chairman Wontumi declared in an interview on Wontumi radio.
