Bernard Antwi Boasiako, commonly known as Chairman Wontumi, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has criticised legendary Ghanaian media figure Kwasi Kyei Darkwah, aka KKD.
Wontumi accused KKD of being ignorant and excessively passionate in his remarks regarding the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration.
“KKD, I beg you, don’t let your emotions overpower your quietness when you’re speaking.” When you want to speak, make your voice louder than your silence. But if you come to speak and all you (KKD) do is insult, it makes it appear like you are one of the people John Mahama has paid to criticise the government, like Kelvin Taylor,” Wontumi said in an interview on Neat FM, urging KKD to be more measured in his criticisms to avoid being perceived as biased.
The NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman emphasised that his party had done enough to win a record-breaking third consecutive term and ‘break the 8’.
Meanwhile, in a separate interview with TV XYZ, KKD slammed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, highlighting the government’s inability to successfully combat illicit mining (galamsey) despite vows to do so.
KKD questioned the need for a campaign slogan like ‘breaking the eight,’ implying that if the administration had done well enough, such slogans would be unnecessary.
He then used an analogy to emphasise his argument, equating the government’s performance to a negligent husband who suddenly attempts to be nice to his wife after mistreating her for a long period. KKD questioned why the administration had not addressed crucial concerns such as galamsey earlier, if they were capable of doing so.
“Imagine you married a wife and you couldn’t afford to buy anything for her, she’s dirty and all her clothes are torn, and you didn’t take care of your children.” You couldn’t take ill people to the hospital and then decide to depart, and then another person arrives to marry her…Then you realise that now is the moment to do something kind for her… “Fool, why didn’t you do those things earlier?” KKD was irritated.
