My ‘Wansena Pobre’ Proverb Did Not Target Bawumia -Boakye Agyarko
Former Energy Minister and New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Chairman hopeful, Boakye Agyarko, has denied suggestions that a proverb he used some time ago was directed at the flagbearerof the party, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. Mr Agyarko said the proverb was rather in response to a question about the growing influence of money in the NPP’s […] The post My ‘Wansena Pobre’ Proverb Did Not Target Bawumia…
Boakye Agyarko, the former Energy Minister and New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Chairman hopeful, has refuted claims that a proverb he previously used was directed at NPP flagbearer Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. The former minister clarified that the proverb was instead a response to concerns about increasing financial influence in the party's internal elections, serving as a warning against repeating practices that had previously yielded unfavorable results.
The Twi proverb, "Wansena pobre, wadi funu akyi akɔtɔ amena mu. Yɛdee funu foforo retwam a, watu adiakyi bio," translates to "A blue bottle fly that follows a corpse into a grave, survives the consequences and repeats the same behavior when another corpse comes." Agyarko explained that the proverb symbolizes the futility of repeating harmful or futile actions.
He further elaborated that the proverb was not a personal attack on Bawumia, but rather a broader caution against the party's internal electoral processes becoming dominated by financial resources.
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