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The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi-Bosiako, alias Chairman Wontumi has said it’s not true that he struggles to express himself well in the Queen’s language.
The maverick politician and businessman said his proficiency in English is flawless therefore he says no one should have qualms with his ability to express himself.
Wontumi added that even if that’s the perception people have about him, the most important thing is that he still manages to hold conversation and communicate well to make money.
Reiterating that he studied General Arts in Secondary School, Wontumi further disclosed that the student who used to top his General Arts class was now a police officer [working for the state to pay him] while he (Wontumi) was in business [working paying himself].
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“…We go there [secondary school] to make friends and also to have information that will help us in future,” Mr Boasiako said in an interview on the Delay Show which was aired at the weekend.
When pressed further as to why he struggles to express himself in the English language, Chairman Wontumi further disclosed while he was in London, he ensured that he only focused on the expressions that would be profitable to him.
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I don’t speak useless English, I speak English that would bring in money that would make my workers comfortable and expand my companies, he said.
Delay’s question in the television interview with Wontumi was premised on the fact that, some of Chairman Wontumi’s old students from Prempeh College have been accusing him of not speaking very good English, that depicts that he was trained at one of the best boys senior high schools in Ghana.
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