Former member of the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC), Mr. Stephen Atubiga has cautioned the Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, widely known as Wontumi to take care of party communicators, adding that ‘they can make and unmake the party.
Recall that, two years after the election of President Akufo-Addo, some aggrieved Communicators for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region numbering over 70 burned their phones to drive home a message to the leadership of the party for what they termed as neglect after helping the party win power.
Fast forward to May 2021, another group of communicators embarked on a sit-down strike to drive home their demands.
The aggrieved party communicators, according to reports, have pointed to the disparity in resource allocation as part of their grievances and the total neglect by party executives.
Speaking in a recent interview on a TV station in Accra, Atubiga pointed directly at Wontumi; “I want to advise you to take good care of your communicators. These people, regardless, are the backbone of the party. It is dangerous to ignore them in the face of hardships. As I sit here, I have a tall list of your communicators who keep begging me for arms. Some need fuel and others go on the radio and speak for the party. Don’t ignore such people.”
“It shouldn’t happen that one person chops alone. This is a political party and its business. Enough of manism, the one-man show must end and everyone must be appreciated. You should not promise people and fail them. I know it’s difficult sometimes, but for some of these people, all they need is for you to just check upon them. Please try and do this and don’t give them away, he added.
The founder of the National Liberation Congress proceeded to write on his Facebook page, stressing the need for such behaviours to end.
“These are lessons both the NPP and the NDC must listen to and take seriously.
No more monkeys dey work, baboons dey chop”, he stressed.
See Atubiga’s Facebook post below
Chairman Wontumi has been blamed by party members and executives in recent times for reprehensible behaviours recorded among the rank and file of the party.
While some accuse him of promoting division among party members and executives in the region, others believe
voting him out is best for the party’s ‘break the eight’ agenda.
Chairman Wontumi’s former chief of staff, Akwasi Nti has said his former boss is behind the acrimony and increasing factionalism which appears to be rearing its ugly head in the party in the Ashanti Region.
