Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, a former minister of environment, science, technology, and innovation, has expressed his concerns about the New Patriotic Party (NPP), charging that they have strayed from their commitment to national development and instead have delivered a government that is more like a “family, friends, and concubines government.”
NPP, HOW DID WE GET HERE? is the headline of an opinion piece by Professor Frimpong-Boateng. It was noted that a group inside the NPP possesses considerable authority, to the point that one of them is referred to be the “de facto Prime Minister” of the nation while holding no official political appointments or posts within the party structure.
He points out that these people are capable of securing prominent positions in society for their friends and allies while also showing a penchant to disrespect and cause problems for the Ghanaian populace.
He believes that this significant deviation from the NPP’s founding principles is concerning.
Frimpong Boateng said that Ghana is undergoing a style of administration that is defined by the control of the media via bribery and intimidation rather than through violence.
“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.” He stated.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
