{"id":2619,"date":"2019-09-05T12:13:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T12:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=2619"},"modified":"2019-09-05T12:13:29","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T12:13:29","slug":"wontumi-taunts-ndc-claims-he-controls-ndc-execs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/wontumi-taunts-ndc-claims-he-controls-ndc-execs","title":{"rendered":"Wontumi taunts NDC; claims he controls NDC execs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chariman Wontumi (left) and NDC Chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo (right)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ashanti Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wuntumi) has continued taunting his party&#8217;s biggest political rivals, the National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The loud speaking politician has said he controls most of the executives of the main opposition party.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, he has several times influenced the decision making of the largest opposition party in the party using their executives he has in his pocket.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Wontumi claimed that he has a hand in the disqualification of the only contender of the incumbent Member of Parliament for Asawase, Muntaka Mubarak.<\/p>\n<p>He further claimed that he wanted the incumbent lawmaker to go unopposed.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on AccraFM on Wednesday, 4 September 2019, Chairman Wontumi said: \u201cI won\u2019t brag over this but the reality is that I control most of the executives of the NDC; some of them are on my payroll. And, so, I determine how they run their affairs in the party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the case of the Asawase primaries, I told them to ensure that Muntaka goes unopposed and they have acted in accordance with my order.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chariman Wontumi (left) and NDC Chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo (right) Ashanti Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wuntumi) has continued taunting his party&#8217;s biggest political rivals, the National Democratic Congress (NDC). 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