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Nana Akomea, Chief Executive Officer of Intercity State Transport Corporation, has cleared an incident that occurred involving some members of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia campaign team which includes him and Deputy Minister for Railway Development, Kwaku Asante-Boateng, when the Vice President toured the Asante Akim South constituency.

As part of his campaign measures, Vice President Bawumia has been touring the constituencies across the nation to send his message to the delegates in hope of winning their votes during the upcoming New Patriotic Party presidential elections.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) will hold a Special Delegates Congress on August 26 this year to reduce the number of presidential aspirants from ten to five and conduct their main congress in November to elect their flagbearer for the 2024 elections.

The Deputy Minister, Kwaku Asante-Boateng, who doubles as the Member of Parliament for Asante Akim South, accused Nana Akomea, NPP stalwart Anthony Karbo and a host of others of disrespecting him when Dr. Bawumia visited the constituency.

The Minister, who supports one of Dr. Bawumia's contenders, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, in a statement has however refuted some media publications that his switch to Alan's camp although earlier declaring his support for Bawumia is because the Vice President disrespected him during his tour at Asante Akim South in the Ashanti Region.

Statement

"My attention has been drawn to several newspaper and social media publications regarding my declaration in support of Hon. Alan Kwadwo Kyeremanten in the upcoming presidential primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP].

Inasmuch as I admit making that declaration on Monday 7th August 2023, I wish to point out that some of the publications in the print and electronic media are false and malicious, and do not reflect the exact statement I made, and its import thereof.

Some of these publications suggest that the declaration was as a result of the fact that, the Vice President, His Excellency Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia, disrespected me. I wish to put on record that I never said the Vice President disrespected me. Rather, I bemoaned the continuous disrespect shown to me by some members of his team.

I wish to state categorically that I have a very good relationship with His Excellency the Vice President, Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia, and that His Excellency has on no occasion, shown any sign of disrespect to me, both in government and as a member of the NPP, throughout the period of my association with him, spanning from 2007 to date", Hon. Kwaku Asante-Boateng set the record straight.

It Wasn't Intentional

Nana Akomea, responding to the Minister's accusation, clarified what actually happened during the tour.

He noted that when he and the other members of Bawumia campaign team together with the Vice President arrived at the constituency and were alighting from their bus, they were met by a mammoth crowd that made it impossible for them to greet nor receive greetings from every person on the ground.