Bernard Antwi-Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi)

Few doubted that Bernard Antwi-Boasiako an opposition chieftain in Ashanti known for flashing gold bars on television had cut corners in his mining business; fewer still think his 20-year sentence was purely about the law...

The 20 July jailing of Antwi-Boasiako – popularly known as ‘Chairman Wontumi' (‘wontumi' translates roughly as ‘I'm the greatest') – has great resonance given the public debate about the environmental damage caused by illegal gold mining and his position as regional chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) in its Ashanti heartlands and plans to become its national chairman...

' Attorney-General Dominic Ayine has highlighted the deterrent effect of prosecuting Bernard Antwi Boasiako (aka Chairman Wontumi) the Ashanti regional chair of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) and owner of Akonta Mining...

Bernard BoasiakoThe Ashanti Regional Chair of the NPP Boasiako – popularly known as ‘Chairman Wontumi' – is the beneficial owner of Akonta Mining Company Limited a company which destroyed trees and mined in the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve in the Western Region despite the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources declaring the company's operations illegal...

Bernard BoasiakoThe Ashanti Regional Chair of the NPP Boasiako – popularly known as ‘Chairman Wontumi' – is the beneficial owner of Akonta Mining Company Limited a company which destroyed trees and mined in the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve in the Western Region despite the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources declaring the company's operations illegal...

Having organised a well-attended NPP demonstration in the Ashanti regional capital Kumasi on 10 June the party's regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako (known as Chairman Wontumi) is being sued for defamation by Ibrahim Mahama the President's brother...

The GIS accused the Chairman of the Ghana-China Chamber of Commerce Bernard Antwi-Boasiako whose Hansol Mining company employs about 4 000 staff of exceeding the quota of ten Chinese expatriate workers granted by the Interior Ministry...