Flamboyant politician

Ghana: 10 things about Bernard Antwi Boasiako, the controversial NPP Ashanti chairman

By Jonas Nyabor

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Posted on January 20, 2023 09:07

 © Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi)(photo: facebook Bernard Antwi Boasiako)
Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi)(photo: facebook Bernard Antwi Boasiako)

The Ashanti region is the governing New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) most secure electoral bank and Bernard Antwi Boasiako, the party’s chairman for the region, has one single task: maintaining the NPP’s dominance.

Popularly known as Chairman Wontumi – which means ‘they cannot’ in Twi language – the tough-talking politician is unmissable with his trademark gold chains.

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