Former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng says the New Patriotic Party, NPP is deviating from its focus on national development and rather delivering a government that resembles a “family, friends, and concubines’ government.
Professor Frimpong-Boateng in an opinion titled, ‘NPP, HOW DID WE GET HERE?’ highlighted a group within the NPP who, despite lacking official political appointments or positions within the party structure, wield significant power to the extent that one of them is referred to as the ‘de facto Prime Minister’ of the country.
These individuals, he notes, have the ability to secure influential roles in society for their associates and allies while also displaying a propensity to disrespect and create difficulties for the Ghanaian population.
Prof. Frimpong Boateng said Ghana is experiencing a form of governance characterized by the control of the media not through violence but through bribery and intimidation.