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Defeated aspiring Ashanti Region Chairman in the just-ended executive elections of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Evans Amankwaa has revealed how he paid over GH₵460,000 to the entire 1,400 delegates on the election day but still lost.

Speaking on Akoma FM’s current affairs and political show GhanAkoma Monday, November 14, 2022, the defeated aspirant explained that on the election day, he paid 350 cedis to each delegate for lunch and transportation which in effect amounts to almost 500,000 cedis.

Mr Amankwaa further told host of the show Aduanaba Kofi Asante Ennin that the total amount of money he spent before and during the elections is over one million cedis.

When asked if he was surprised with the results after spending such an amount on the election, he responded that “I wasn’t surprised at yesterday’s results though I was confident of winning the election. I was as well aware that anything could have happened so I spent hugely on the just ended elections but it was my decision. So I never regret my actions,” he said.

The just ended Ashanti Region NDC executive elections brought together over 1,400 delegates from the 47 constituencies across the region to the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Sunday.

After the election, the incumbent Chairman Augustus Nana Akwasi Andrews sailed through with 637 votes, Evans Amankwa getting 572 with Yaw Owusu Obimpeh managing some 137 votes.

By Nana Asenso-Mensah|Onuaonline.com