{"id":266270,"date":"2016-11-08T12:21:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T12:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=266270"},"modified":"2016-11-08T12:21:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T12:21:51","slug":"offinsohene-defies-otumfuo-endorses-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/offinsohene-defies-otumfuo-endorses-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"Offinsohene defies Otumfuo, endorses Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Paramount Chief of Offinso in the Ashanti Region, Nana Wiafe Akenten III, has called on his fellow chiefs and subjects to support President John Dramani Mahama in his bid to retain the seat as President for a second term.<\/p>\n
Nana Wiafe Akenten III was speaking at a gathering of chiefs in the area, when the President paid a courtesy call on him as part of his Ashanti Regional campaign tour.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me, I know God who has kept you until now will be with you. All I am requesting from my brothers is that, by any means we can, we should support him [Mahama] to continue his good works. I am asking you to do this wholeheartedly to support him to finish the works God has tasked him to do,\u201d Nana Wiafe Akenten III said.<\/p>\n
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He said President Mahama must be given the nod to complete all the projects he has initiated.<\/p>\n
Nana Wiafe Akenten III added that, President Mahama has done a lot of work for the people of Offinso, and is hopeful he will do more for the area if he is given the nod to govern for another four-year term.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone will say he [Mahama] will continue the good works when he is given the nod, but the President is the best person to continue these works because he is the one who crafted them. All that I am pleading of you is to give him all the support, because he has done a lot for Offinsoman and he continues to do more. We are grateful and will never forget you.\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u2018Asantehene warns partisan chiefs\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Nana Wiafe Akenten III\u2019s open declaration of support for President Mahama, appears to be in defiance of a charge by the overlord of Asanteman, Otumfou Osei Tutu II, who told chiefs in the Ashanti Region not to meddle in politics nor openly indicate their political leanings before, during or after the upcoming general elections.<\/p>\n \u201cThough Nananom have their choice of party, they still need to be neutral by embracing any political party that comes to their palace during the 2016 election campaign,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n