The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Bernard Antwi Bosiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi or Governor, has said the NPP will “force” the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to present former President John Mahama as presidential candidate for 2020 because he is the easiest candidate for the NPP to beat.
According to him, the former president has corruption tags around his neck and it would be easy for the NPP to campaign against him in the 2020 election.
He said even if the NDC settles on another candidate, “the value will be the same.”
Chairman Wontumi, exclusively told broadcaster Nana Aba Anamoah, host of ‘State of Affairs’ on GHOne TV, said anytime he heard the NDC talk about bringing ex-President Mahama, he felt happy.
“Whenever I hear former President John Dramani Mahama as coming for 2020, then I’m happy. I pray every day that the NDC brings former President Mahama. I can challenge the former President because he became present by default. Even at the Supreme Court, they said in 2012 there was ballot stuffing. So, we are going to force the NDC to bring former President Mahama,” he stated.
He added that, “when political power changed hands to the NPP in 2000, there was run-off, the 2008 elections had run-off, but, in 2016 when the NDC was exiting there was no run-off and the margin of votes was sound for NPP.
He stated further that, “former President Mahama is our (NPP) wife. If you look at the vote difference, and statistics and there way it went, we want President Mahama to contest in 2020.”
I want 2020 now
The NPP chair, who became the first person to retain the seat after his first term, said, “I have appetite in the Ashanti Region for 2020 elections. I’m angry and hungry for 2020. I want 2020 to even happen today. I want people to vote for NPP and Ashanti’s will vote for NPP again.”
“Prior to the last election, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was not the President, but since becoming the President, Nana Akufo-Addo has brought free Senior High School (SHS), restored nurses allowance and teachers training allowance. As for me I compare him to Gordon Guggisberg,” the regional chairman added.
Asked if President Akufo-Addo had done better than Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president, he said Dr Nkrumah, unlike Nana Akufo-Addo, came to meet money, while President Akufo-Addo came to meet debts.
Agenda two million votes
He told the broadcaster that the NPP would improve on its 2016 votes of 1.2 million and is now targeting two million votes in the Ashanti Region.
According to him, since 1992 when democratic rule stated in Ghana, “four people have been elected to lead Ashanti Region NPP and I am the fourth one and the only one who retained the seat as a regional chairman.
“Nobody had ever retained the seat for a second term like me or nobody had had eight years, but I have broken that jinx. It was God,” he stated.
Job creation
On job creation, he said “the Holy Bible even said ‘the hand that does not work must not eat’, so everybody ought to work. I had a licence and my small scale mining was decent. I am like you and if you are popular people have a way of talking about you.
“I will appeal to the government that though it had done well, especially with free SHS, mining is also somebody’s work so those engaging in small scale mining who are recognised by the Mineral’s Commission, we should assist them, but those in galamsey we have to stop them from destroying our water bodies.”
Source: Daily Heritage
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this is seth again, His statement means Ashantes does not think. We vote just because he sees us so. Are we not donkeys if we accept this tag. See the roads in Kumasi how dilapidated they are and not one NPP MP is doing something, u know why? they knew we will vote for them come what may. Are we not donkeys and donkeys cant be Jews. Please visit a town like Somanya and see their inner roads for yourself
kw3 mo Kokoase jjc , yall think you won the election base on whatever bullshyyt policies u came up with errrrh. we were just tired of mahamas government and felt the dumsor was just enough . @opoku you ***barred word*** Ghana belongs to who ? kokoase nkurasefo who gave out 50,000 ounce of gold to the brit. u ***barred word*** if not for accra like u see an air plane b4 , go and read facts about Ghana and not ***barred word*** tribal wars . everything which makes Ghana today was with Gas and Fantes . no wonder you people your eye no open in 21 century , you forefathers has passed on hate and self scented attitude into you guys. ***barred word*** when u see a tiled road ? when we were eating can foods in the 70s 80s u were in the farm doing whatever to survive. do u know the slogan called Accra stay by plan ? wanna know why Gas and fantes prolly don't fight or argue much or fight for properties like you people do . we've been there and done that and know we all go die and leave everything behind. just live life and love all coz we all on a journey here . Check the kokoase people in government all dey know is loot and share coz they feel they come from far and have million mouths to feed . neggah go and read more about History and don't be ***barred word*** by your population . Gas and Fantes have a history with our colonial masters should u guys ***barred word*** up u go regret . just live life and shut that stench mouth of yours. onething i've realized if u are kokoase kurasini if born in Accra and lived your whole life here, you're still kokoase kurasini coz ur folks must have that traits in them which automatically passes on to you. we call it generational curse or inheritance .mekotia ghana is for akans, u guys sit under the farm tress amusing yourself with some ***barred word*** stories huh .when u meet a Ga or fante man tell him in his face , kos3ky3m3 go help develop ur hometown that's what u should do , u guys make Accra choke.
Hey Seth,why are you speaking bad about the Ghanain Jews(Ashantis)Becareful how you speak, Ghana belongs to Akans.
I AM BEGINNING TO WONDER WHY ALL THE CORRUPTION TAG TO MAHAMA WAS ALL ABOUT.NPP MADE A LOT OF NOISE ABOUT MAHAMAS CORRUPTION AND YET ALMOST TWO YEARS INTO THEIR REIGN THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SINGLE PROOF AGAINST MAHAMA ELECTORAL COMMISSION AND THE REST.DID NPP MADE ALL THESE ALLEGATIONS JUST FOR VOTES? I AM PATIENTLY WAITING AND WATCHING 2020 WILL JUDGE THE RIGHTEOUS ONE.ONLY TIME WILL TELL.
Ashantes will vote for NPP no matter what, yes because we are donkeys we vote without reasoning. It pissses me off to hear some of these thing.