Traders at the Kumasi Central Market have vowed to stay away from all campaign activities of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) if delegates maintain Bernard Antwi Boasiako branded as Wontumi as chairman of the party in the Ashanti Region.
The traders who claim to have led major campaign programmes in the Ashanti Region for the NPP since 1992, believe Mr Wontumi has made the party unpopular in the region.
Speaking on behalf of the traders last Sunday, the head of all Queen Mothers in the market who doubles as the Queen Mother for Yam sellers in the Region, Nana Yaa Foriwaa accused Wontumi of turning his back on them when they called on him for support
“We have consistently closed down our markets on election days to ensure our traders vote for NPP but we the traders in the region have gained virtually nothing from the party in Wontumi’s era.
“Wontumi has been in power for eight years now and we traders in Kumasi are yet to see him in any of our satellite markets to discuss how the party will help us”, Nana Foriwaa lamented.
According to her, maintaining Mr Wontumi will compromise on the massive developmental policies witnessed under the current leadership of the NPP in the region.
“Wontumi is now unpopular in the region, most party members are disgruntled with his poor performance as the head of the NPP fraternity coupled with his opulent lifestyle. That’s why we traders in the Region want a new face to win back the lost members”, she added.
