The Manhyia South constituency chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ofori-Atta, (Tomtom), has issued a statement demanding that Henry Nana Boakye (Nana B), the National Organizer of the NPP and chairman of one of the four parliamentary vetting committees, retract and apologize for a comment he made on his Facebook wall which he says are full of blatant lies.
In his Facebook post on Thursday, 11 January 2024, Nana B said “My attention has been drawn to a media reportage suggesting that the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Mr. Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has acted in a manner that is disrespectful to His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II at the party’s recently held Ashanti Regional Parliamentary Vetting.
“As the Chairman of the Vetting Committee, I can recall a little misunderstanding that ensued between the Regional Chairman and the Manhyia South Constituency Organizer in which I was committed to resolving.
“However, I in my capacity as the Chairman of the committee did not witness any such conduct by the Regional Chairman that sought to disparage or lower the authority of our revered and highly respected King during the conduct of our work as a committee” Nana Boakye’s statement on Facebook read.
However, in a sharp rebuttal, “Tom Tom,” indicated in his statement he has “become aware of a statement issued by the National Organizer of the New Patriotic Party, Mr Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as ‘Nana B’, on an incident that took place during the party’s vetting of Parliamentary Aspirants in the Ashanti Region, held at the Dr. Bawumia campaign office at Asokwa, Kumasi, on January 3, 2024.
“In his statement, Nana B described as false, media reports which suggest that the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the party, Mr Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as ‘Chairman Wontumi,’ acted in a manner that shows disrespect to His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, during the vetting.
“Nana B went ahead to state: “As the Chairman of the Vetting Committee, I can recall a little misunderstanding that ensued between the Regional Chairman and the Manhyia South Constituency Organizer in which I was committed to resolving,” Tom Tom’s statement read.
“However, in my capacity as the chairman of the committee, I did not witness any such conduct by the Regional Chairman that sought to disparage or lower the authority of our revered and highly respected King during the conduct of our work as a committee.
“Having carefully read Nana B’s statement, which is full of blatant lies, I am calling on him to retract and apologize by the close of today, Thursday, 18 January 2024, or else I will come out with the full facts tomorrow, Friday, 19 January 2024. I must add that there were about 40 people in the vetting room and the facts cannot be hidden,” Tom Tom’s statement further read.
