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Wontumi is a braggart, he has not fully paid my 10% -Odike
The Kumasi-based businessman cum politician, Akwasi Addai of Odike Ventures fame, has countered claims by Bernard Antwi Boasiako, Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), that he paid 10% to take over a road contract from him.
Reacting to the claim by Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi, the founder of the United Front Party (UFP) and United Progressive Party (UPP), explained that Wontumi only made a commitment to pay him (Odike) 10% of the contract sum if he would be allowed to execute it.
Odike, 57, told The Chronicle on phone that Chairman Wontumi approached him with his lawyer and proposed in the presence of the Feeder Roads boss, Mr. Duodu, to pay him 10% of the contract sum upon taking over the contract.
The Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG), a research and advocacy organisation, has urged smaller political parties in the country to restrategise to reverse their dwindling fortunes in national elections.
A Senior Research Fellow of IDEG, Mr Kwesi Jonah, said since 1992 there had been a consistent pattern of poor performance of the small parties in national elections, which was not good for Ghana’s democratic dispensation.
“The last time the small parties had seats in the Ghana Parliament was probably 2012; the Convention People’s Party (CPP) and the People’s National Convention (PNC) had one seat each; since then, the small parties have lost their seats in Parliament,” Mr Jonah said.
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The Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG), a research and advocacy organisation, has urged smaller political parties in the country to restrategise to reverse their dwindling fortunes in national elections.
A Senior Research Fellow of IDEG, Mr Kwesi Jonah, said since 1992 there had been a consistent pattern of poor performance of the small parties in national elections, which was not good for Ghana’s democratic dispensation.
“The last time the small parties had seats in the Ghana Parliament was probably 2012; the Convention People’s Party (CPP) and the People’s National Convention (PNC) had one seat each; since then, the small parties have lost their seats in Parliament,” Mr Jonah said.
The Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG), independent, not-for-profit policy research and advocacy organisation, has urged smaller political parties in the country to restrategise to reverse their dwindling fortunes in national elections.
Mr Kwesi Jonah, a Senior Research Fellow, IDEG, said since 1992, there had been a consistent pattern of poor performance of the small parties in national elections, which was not good for Ghana’s democratic dispensation.
“The last time the small parties had seats in the Ghana Parliament was probably 2012; the Convention People’s Party (CPP) and the People’s National Convention (PNC) had one seat each; since then, the small parties have lost their seats in Parliament,” Mr. Jonah said on Thursday at a Post-Election Evaluation Workshop with Smaller Political Parties in Accra.