News Night: Wontumi Eyes NPP Chairmanship From Prison as Bail Bid Suffers Setback

Tonight on News Night, convicted former NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, remains behind bars but is still set to contest the NPP National Chairmanship. His team is expected to pick his nomination forms before the weekend, even as his bid for bail pending appeal suffers a major setback. We explore how a candidate can campaign, file and go through the vetting process from prison.

Also tonight, Roads and Highways Minister Governs Kwame Agbodza takes aim at contractors working on the 17km Tema-Aflao Road over slow progress, saying government has injected more than GH¢23 billion into contractors' payments and demanding visible results.

We investigate dangerous practices by some herbal medicine sellers in Accra in the latest JoyNews feature, “Herbal Gamble,” while a survivor of the Ofankor Barrier Sprinter bus crash recounts the chilling incident that claimed 12 lives.

Plus, fresh calls for speed cameras on the Ofankor-Pokuase stretch and Your Say: Can you tell the difference between local chicken and imported chicken?

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