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The chairman of the NPP branch in the Ashanti Region revealed that there is a strong competition over who will cover the expenses of transportation and food for the party’s delegates on November 4.
He claims that a number of people have requested that the Bawumia campaign team in the Ashanti area cover the expense of feeding and transporting the delegates so they can do so as a token of their support for Dr. Bawumia in his bid to head the NPP.
The revelation was given by Chairman Wontumi, also known as Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, to party delegates on Thursday, October 26, 2023, at Kumbungu in the Northern Region.
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s campaign relied heavily on Chairman Wontumi, who also serves as the party’s national chairman and heads the organization in its strongest region. Dr. Bawumia traveled with Chairman Wontumi during his interactions with delegates in the five northern regions.
Speaking to the delegates, Chairman Wontumi said he was dispatched by his countrymen to inform the people of the north that their brother, Dr. Bawumia, had received the support and endorsement of all Ashanti stakeholders.
He underlined that the area is firmly in support of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s candidacy for party leadership and will demonstrate their admiration for him in a variety of ways on November 4, 2023, the day the party holds elections.
“I am here to tell you that Dr Bawumia has been accepted by Otumfuo Osei Tutu II as his son, so he is now also a Prince of Asante. Otumfuo has named him Agyemang, so your brother is now also part of us,” he declared.
“As I am here in the North campaigning for Dr Bawumia, I have been receiving calls from elderly people from inside and outside the party in Ashanti Region telling me they want to support Dr Bawumia.
“This morning I have had calls from (my people) in Ashanti, and they told me that some of the chiefs, businessmen and women, and they are saying that on 4th November the lorry fare, and the food the delegates will eat, they say they want to take all the expenses. This is the kind of love Ashanti wants to show NPP. This is the kind of love they want to show Dr Bawumia,” he announced to wild cheers.
Not to be outdone, the MPs and party elders in the region would personally pay for the delegates, according to the announcement made by the Chairman of the Northern Region, Mohammed Adam Bantima Samba, with support from the Deputy Majority Chief Whip, Hon. Habib Iddrisu.
There are signs that other regions will soon follow suit.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
