The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has managed to scale all hurdles to retrain his position in the party.
Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, polled a total of 464 votes as against that of his closest contender, Chairman Odeneho Kwaku Appiah (COKA), who got 306 votes.
Prior to his re-lection, he had served as constituency chairman for Bosomtwe before becoming regional chairman in 2014. As regional chairman, he won his re-election bid in 2018 and has been retained to lead the NPP again from 2022 to 2026.
Odeneho Kwaku Appiah entered the chairmanship race having served as Constituency Chairman for Afigya Kwabre South for close to 20 years.
A former Asokwa Constituency Chairman, Robert Asare Bediako, who was entering the contest for the second time came third with 20 votes. In his first attempt in 2018, he pulled out of the race at the last minute to allow Wontumi to go unopposed.
The vociferous Ashanti regional chair went past Odeneho Kwaku Appiah (COKA), his closest contender, to retain his position.
Kwabena Owusu Aduomi, a former Member of Parliament for Ejisu, who lost a re-election bid as MP in 2019, losing to Dr. John Kumah was entering the regional contest for the first time and came fourth with nine votes.
There was an outpour of congratulatory messages when the news made began to make rounds that Chairman Wontumi has been re-elected.
