Why Chairman Wontumi can only be visited every two weeks - Prisons PRO explains

CSP Richard Bukari, Public Relations Officer of the Kumasi Central Prisons, has explained the visiting arrangements for inmates in Ghana's prisons.

According to him, the country's prison regulations do not permit visits to all categories of inmates on a daily basis.

Speaking in an interview with Esra TV, a clip of which has since been shared on social media, CSP Bukari explained that, under Ghana's prison regulations, remand prisoners may be visited as frequently as possible, except on Saturdays and public holidays.

He added that convicted prisoners are only allowed to receive visitors once every two weeks.

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His comments follow the sentencing of the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, to 20 years' imprisonment.

"If the person is a remand prisoner, you can visit the person every day except Saturdays and public holidays. If he or she is a convicted prisoner, you can visit the person every two weeks. So, I will plead with those who are coming to visit Wontumi to bring food that can be preserved for a longer period," he said.

Chairman Wontumi has been sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment after the Criminal Court 4 Division of the High Court found him guilty on all six charges brought against him.

In a judgment delivered on Monday, July 20, 2026, Justice Audrey Kocuvie-Tay ordered that the prison terms run concurrently. The court also fined Wontumi 10,000 penalty units on each of the six counts.

Akonta Mining Limited, which was also convicted on two counts, was fined 15,000 penalty units on each count.

The convictions were secured under the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703), as amended by the Minerals and Mining (Amendment) Act, 2020 (Act 995), which prescribes stiffer penalties for illegal mining-related offences.

Chairman Wontumi, Akonta Mining Limited, and a third accused person, Kwame Antwi, were prosecuted over alleged illegal mining activities on the company's concession at Samreboi in the Western Region.

According to the prosecution, the accused unlawfully assigned mineral rights on the concession without the approval of the sector minister and facilitated mining activities without the required authorisation, contrary to the provisions of the Minerals and Mining Act.

Chairman Wontumi doesn't need fufu in prison; visit him with sachet milo, sugar, and Dis Way instead." - Chief Supt. Richard Bukari, Ashanti
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