{"id":113995,"date":"2026-02-04T07:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T07:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=113995"},"modified":"2026-02-04T07:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T07:31:10","slug":"wontumi-declares-bid-for-npp-national-chairmanship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=113995","title":{"rendered":"Wontumi declares bid for NPP National Chairmanship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has officially declared his intention to contest for the position of National Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), positioning himself as a leader ready to make the ultimate sacrifices to unify the party ahead of the 2028 general elections.<\/p>\n

In a statement issued on Wednesday, February 4, the Ashanti Regional Chairman stated his bid follows extensive consultations with party elders and his Maker, and is driven not by personal ambition but by a need to steer the party through a critical juncture.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe road ahead will demand vision, courage, and unwavering determination,\u201d Wontumi declared. \u201cLeadership at this moment requires bravery\u2014the courage to stand firm, make difficult decisions, and be willing to lose everything if necessary for the NPP.\u201d<\/p>\n

His declaration sets the stage for a potentially heated contest for the party\u2019s top leadership position ahead of its national executive elections. <\/p>\n

Wontumi framed his candidacy as a response to a party that has faced challenges and learned hard lessons, emphasising the need for steady, principled, and committed leadership to restore confidence and empower the grassroots.<\/p>\n

The businessman-politician, and a powerful figure in the party\u2019s stronghold region, described himself as \u201cgrassroots personified.\u201d <\/p>\n

He pledged to value every member \u201cfrom our elders to the youthful allies.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are ready. We are organised. We are built for the battle ahead,\u201d Wontumi asserted, concluding his statement with a call for collective effort to \u201cposition the NPP to win decisively in 2028.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has officially declared his intention to contest for the position of National Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), positioning himself as a leader ready to make “the ultimate sacrifices” to unify the party ahead of the 2028 general elections.<\/p>\n

In a statement issued on Wednesday, February 4, the Ashanti Regional Chairman stated his bid follows extensive consultations with party elders and his “Maker,” and is driven not by personal ambition but by a need to steer the party through a critical juncture.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_2277560469115098_106292521332774":"","twitter_aToxNzczMzI3Njk4OTg4ODUxMjAxOw==_1773327698988851200":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1945,1881,10,9,4869],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hp-news-8","category-npp","category-politics","category-popular","category-wontumi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}