NPP does not fit to serve Ghana – Prof. Frimpong Boateng
Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, who previously held ministerial positions in the fields of Environment, Information, Science, and Technology, has expressed his lack of confidence in the current governance model being implemented by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Ghana.
During an interview on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana, Prof. Frimpong-Boateng, who was once a hopeful flagbearer for the NPP, was asked about his opinion on whether Ghanaians should support the party’s “breaking the 8” slogan.
In response to the question posed by the show’s host, Dr. Randy Abbey, Prof. Frimpong-Boateng stated his doubts about the NPP’s ability to provide the appropriate model of governance for the people of Ghana. He said;
“Look I want a government that will serve this nation, unite this nation; this tribalism of you are from here, I am from there, I am from this party, they are from that party. Look, I didn’t grow up that way. So whether they will break the 8 or they can’t break it that is not important to the nation. We want a nation that is in the path of truth, righteousness and sustainable development.”
Asked if his party fits his description, Prof Fimpong-Boateng retorted with “At this present time?.. No. I mean, I will be a fool to say that. It is not. I will be very dishonest so we need to be honest. I don’t need to be a soothsayer to know that we have challenges and so on but that doesn’t mean that the alternatives are much better.”
According to media reports on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, it was stated that Prof. Frimpong-Boateng had been arrested and subsequently released on bail by the Special Prosecutor.
During an interview with Joynews, Prof. Frimpong-Boateng acknowledged his arrest and mentioned that it took place in the middle of the previous month after he received an invitation from the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
“We waited at the lobby down there, and that was my first time in that building,” he said.
“We arrived around 10 o’clock, waiting for my lawyer. When he came, we were taken upstairs to the 7th floor, where the office is, and then we were ushered into a room. I was given a chair, and opposite me was the Chief Investigator.
“On my right, there were my two lawyers, and then some officers from that office.
“So, as soon as I sat down, the Chief Investigator came to me. I was sitting down, and then he put his left hand on my right shoulder and said, ‘Professor, you are under arrest.’
“Why? He said they are investigating corruption and corruption-related activities of the IMCIM that I was chairman of. Any specific thing I had done? No, they are just doing their investigations, but all the same, I was under arrest,” Prof. Frimpong Boateng said.
According to him, he found the arrest “strange,” considering preceding events, including some lawsuits brought against him.
Prof. Boateng-Boateng further revealed that he was subjected to two hours of investigation at the OSP’s office before being granted a GHC2 million bail.
