{"id":1152915,"date":"2022-07-19T11:38:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T11:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/19\/john-boadus-defeat-good-for-democracy-chairman-wontumi-politics\/"},"modified":"2022-07-19T11:38:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T11:38:52","slug":"john-boadus-defeat-good-for-democracy-chairman-wontumi-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/19\/john-boadus-defeat-good-for-democracy-chairman-wontumi-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"John Boadu&#8217;s Defeat Good For Democracy &#8211; Chairman Wontumi | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ashanti Regional Chairman of the governing\u00a0New Patriotic Party\u00a0(NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako (alias Chairman Wontumi), has opened up on the defeat of\u00a0John Boadu, his preferred candidate for the General Secretary position of the party.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with Angel FM on July 18, Chairman Wontumi said he was feeling very good despite\u00a0John Boadu\u2019s loss.<\/p>\n<p>The business mogul further observed that it was only\u00a0John Boadu\u00a0who lost out of the number of people he and his team supported in the race for national leadership positions in the party.<\/p>\n<p>Giving an assessment of the results, he said the wins and losses of candidates all augured well for democracy. On the specific case of how he felt about Boadu&#8217;s loss he responded:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good. I feel very very good. We supported Stephen Ntim and he won. [Rita] Asobayire also won. Abdul Aziz Haruna Futah won as well. Seven people won [for us]. Dr. China also won. It is only\u00a0John Boadu\u00a0who couldn\u2019t win but in all, it is very very good for democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn Boadu\u00a0is a very experienced politician. If you recall, he was defeated when he wanted to become the National Organizer from his previous position of National Youth organizer in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNotwithstanding this, he served the party and did everything for the party. It was later on that the party elected him National Organiser when he contested again. He didn\u2019t lose [in this election]. It is the NPP that has won,\u201d Chairman Wontumi narrated.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Wontumi in the lead-up to the NPP\u2019s national delegates conference led fourteen (14), other regional chairmen, to endorse\u00a0John Boadu\u00a0who came up against a strong contender in Justin Frimpong Kodua (JFK).<\/p>\n<p>In the video shared on social media, the Ashanti Regional Chairman together with the other 14 chairmen are seen campaigning for delegates to vote for the first person on the General Secretaryship bllot &#8211; i.e. for\u00a0John Boadu.<\/p>\n<p>In another video, Chairman Wontumi said whoever will contest the then incumbent General Secretary will only be wasting his or her money.<\/p>\n<p>However, JFK beat\u00a0John Boadu\u00a0in the race by polling 2,857 votes compared to the latter who obtained 2,524 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Other winners on the day were Stephen Ayensu Ntim- National Chairman, Vice Chairman- Danquah Smith Buttey, Rita Asobayire- 2nd Vice Chairman, Alhaji Masawuud \u2013 3rd Vice Chairman, Henry Nana Boakye- National Organiser, Kate Gyamfua-National Women Organiser, National Nasara Coordinator- Abdul Aziz Haruna Futah, National Youth Organiser, Salam Mohammed Mustafa and Treasurer, Dr Charles Dwamena.<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: ghanaweb.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\">Disclaimer<\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. 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