Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, has accused the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of operating a “family, friends, and concubines government.
In an opinion titled “NPP, HOW DID WE GET HERE?” the professor said the NPP is deviating from its focus on national development.
Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng insinuated that there are people who claim to be stalwarts of the party; they have neither political appointments nor positions in the party structure.
He claims the ‘NPP establishment’ is busy promoting a presidential candidate, who to my mind is the most vulnerable and has more baggage than all the aspirants.
“There are people who claim to be stalwarts of the party; they have neither political appointments nor positions in the party structure. They appear to wield so much power that one of them is described as ‘de facto Prime Minister’ of the country. Apparently, they have what it takes to get their friends and favourites appointed to prominent and powerful positions in society. At the same time, they have the tendency to disrespect and make life difficult for Ghanaians. This is unlike the NPP we know. NPP, HOW DID WE GET HERE?,”
“We are being served with a variation of family, friends, and concubines government”, and control of the press not through violence but through bribery and intimidation. We are witnessing the weaponization of state institutions to silence transformative voices while allowing patronized corruption to flourish. Instead of development in freedom, we are witnessing unprecedented intimidation, economic retrogression, and suffering in silence. NPP, HOW DID WE GET HERE?”
“To make matters worse, the ‘NPP establishment’ is busy promoting a presidential candidate, who to my mind is the most vulnerable and has more baggage than all the aspirants. It is like shopping for a problem when they already have an answer,” the former Minister said.
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