Ashanti Regional Chairman of New Patriotic Party (NPP), Benard Antwi Boasiako also known as Chairman Wontumi has refuted claims of forming an alliance with the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
A founding member of the opposition NDC, Alhaji Sani Mohammed rallied support from members of the NPP in the Ashanti Region to maintain Chairman Wontumi.
Chairman Wontumi has been tagged as a poor contender in the NPP's upcoming National Delegates Conference for the Chairmanship position due to the governing party's poor performance in the 2020 general election.
The party lost critical seats in the Ashanti Region to the surprise of many.
Coupled with this, the NDC expressed open support for Chairman Wontumi the NPP's upcoming national executives election.
The NDC is urging NPP delegates to maintain Chairman Wontumi as the regional chairman.
Chairman Wontumi noted that the NDC's seeming support for him was to create division among the NPP as a result of his excelling performance over the years.
"I am the only regional chairman who has brought the party from opposition and have maintained power, so you can tell that I have experience and a good track record. That’s why the NDC is seemingly aligning themselves with me so that my party people will believe I am in bed with the opposition so that I lose the election but some of us we have been in politics for a while and these antics are not new to us”.
The Ashanti Regional Chairman explained that recent statements by the NDC on his personality were geared towards causing the defeat of the New Patriotic Party in the 2024 national elections.
“I am the biggest threat to NDC so they feel that attacking my integrity will make me unpopular so that I lose the election for them to sideline me and have their way in 2024, but it won’t wash”, he added.
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Mr Antwi Boasiako further urged NPP party members to remain resolute and focused in efforts to ‘break the eight’ in 2024.
He made these comments on Akoma FM’s current affairs and political show Ghana Akoma on Wednesday, November 24, 2021.