Netizens Respond to the Online Discovery of Chairman Wontumi's Lavish Palace: "All Accra Streetlights In His House"

Social media users have been reacting to the opulent home of Chairman Wontumi, whose real name is Bernard Antwi Boasiako. Wontumi, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of Ghana's New Patriotic Party (NPP), is no stranger to the spotlight, yet criticism of the ostentatiousness of political wealth has been levelled at his lavish home.

Many people have questioned where the money for such a property came from because of the enormous edifice, which some have compared to a castle. In contrast to the insufficient lighting on public highways, netizens have drawn attention to the property's abundance of street lights.

Some have praised the mansion's architecture, while others have criticised it, linking its lavishness to purported abuse of governmental power.

Commenters like @kojoankrah1 questioned the presence of such affluence in politics, hinting at the growing discontent toward wealth accumulation among political elites.

The viral video have fueled debate on social media about public service, transparency, and the ethics surrounding political wealth in Ghana.

Netizens reacted:

@nkrumahboateng:

Feels like one of ’em castle type structures that dictators build only to go waste after their demise. We’ll be here watching

@bigprince_2:

The place is at Agric Nzema new site behind the E block SHS.

@idriswisdom1:

All the street lights the highway is supposed to get is in his palace …

@pocket_077:

They vote for the party to develop the country but how come a chairman has this kind of huge mansion, if not only.……..?

@kojoankrah1:

Automated

If not politics like who be this chairman wontumi man smh

Poleon3310:

Thieves posing as Kings

@coby_reigner:

More street lights on his compound than on the Accra-Kumasi highway.…