{"id":4312,"date":"2024-08-31T00:42:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T00:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=4312"},"modified":"2024-08-31T00:42:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T00:42:36","slug":"ive-been-in-mining-for-years-you-cant-bully-me-wontumi-challenges-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=4312","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I&#8217;ve been in mining for years, you can&#8217;t bully me&#8221; &#8211; Wontumi challenges Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/Wontumi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/Wontumi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/Wontumi-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Patriotic Party<\/a>\u00a0(NPP) and owner of Akonta Mining, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as I am a veteran miner, you can&#8217;t push me out &#8211; Wontumi dares Mahama , has issued a strong warning to former President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=1349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Dramani Mahama<\/a>.<br><br>This comes in response to Mahama&#8217;s pledge to amend laws and take stricter measures against illegal mining, including Akonta Mining in forest reserves if he wins the 2024 election.<br><br>Chairman Wontumi, a well-known figure in the mining industry, expressed his dissatisfaction with Mahama&#8217;s comments, suggesting that the NDC flagbearer intends to use his power to target and avenge his perceived enemies.<br><br>Wontumi argued that the only difference between illegal and legal mining is proper documentation, a requirement he insists he has always met as a seasoned miner.<br><br>Wontumi questioned John Mahama&#8217;s ability to remove him from the forest reserves, as he has long-standing experience and expertise in the mining sector.<br><br>&#8220;Can you push Wontumi? Even illegal and legal, what is the difference? The difference is a document. So, as a veteran miner, I know how to get documents done,&#8221; he stated, emphasizing his legal right to continue his mining activities.<br><br>Wontumi further accused Mahama of harbouring animosity towards the Ashanti Region, suggesting that Mahama&#8217;s policies are designed to undermine the region&#8217;s economic interests.<br><br>\u201cYou want to win to avenge your enemies\u2026anything concerning Ashanti, you don\u2019t like it,\u201d he added.<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the\u00a0New Patriotic Party\u00a0(NPP) and owner of Akonta Mining, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4314,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4312\/revisions\/4314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}