Wontumi should go with Akufo-Addo; he has no business leading the party – Former Subin NPP PC

JB Danquah, former New Patriotic Party parliamentary aspirant for Subin constituency in the 2016 and 2020 elections, has called for a total change in the leadership of the party.

According to him, many Ashanti voters did not turn up to vote in the 2024 general elections, which shows how discontent they are. As a result, there needs to be a change in leadership especially the Ashanti regional chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly known as Chairman Wontumi.

He also called for an amendment of voting patterns to eradicate moneyocracy in elections.

Speaking in an interview on Oyerepa TV on January 14, 2024, he stated, “The party must be reset; there is no two ways about it. The party leadership must change.

“Either top-down leadership or bottom-up. Some of the leadership must go, and the grassroots must also renew their mindset. How we elect MPs and flagbearers must change completely. We must change how we select our leaders. If we don’t stop that, moneyocracy won’t stop.

“Moneyocracy is destroying the party. You see, in the Ashanti region, almost 40% did not vote because people are not happy. Wontumi has no business leading the party in the Ashanti region. He has no business leading the party at any level. He and Akufo-Addo should go together.”

According to Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the presidential candidate of the NPP, the party lost over two million votes in the 2024 general election compared to 2020.

The region, known as the stronghold of the party, with its running mate for the election, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, popularly known as NAPO, also hailing from there, failed to rescue the party, leading to its loss in the election.

The Electoral Commission Chairperson, Jean Mensa, on Monday, December 9, declared Dramani Mahama the winner of the December 7, 2024, general election, with a total of 6,328,397 votes.

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, of the NPP, received 4,657,304 votes.

Mahama's party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), achieved historic success by gaining a majority in Parliament.

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