The member of parliament for Okaikwei Central Parick Yaw Boamah has cried on live radio that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has shifted its core values to being materialistic.
According to Parick Yaw Boamah, the NPP used to follow selfless people, but today, when someone acquires wealth they are praised by party members.
He asserted that Professor Adu Boahene was a university lecturer. Kufuor was not a millionaire when he came to power and Akufo-Addo was not a millionaire.
Speaking in an interview with Asaasepa Radio, Patrick Yaw Boamah stated, “We used to follow selfless people, but today when someone acquires wealth—regardless of how they came by it—they are praised by party members.
But we don’t build a party like this. Someone can be rich, and another poor. Professor Adu Boahene was a university lecturer. Kufuor was not a millionaire when he came to power. Akufo-Addo was not a millionaire”.
He added, “But when the party elects someone and gives them the blessing to lead, we all have a duty to support that individual. This is because we know that the person is going to work in line with the values and principles of the party based on our philosophy.
There has been a shift in the way we used to be loyal, dedicated, and committed to the true values of the party. This has left many party members materialistic, with their actions driven by monetary gain,” Patrick Yaw Boamah lamented.
Meanwhile, Prof. Ransford Gyampo the acting CEO of the Ghana Shippers Authority has stated the New Patriotic Party (NPP) must trace its roots back to its traditions to be taken seriously.
The former political science lecturer noted that the calibre of leaders the NPP has now cannot be compared to that of B.J. Da Rocha, Peter Ala Adjetey, and Haruna Eseku.
He emphasized that the NPP is an elite party rooted in constructive debate, not one that promotes young, inexperienced individuals to push agendas to insult people they are supposed to learn from.
Speaking in an interview with Metro TV, Prof. Gyampo detailed, “The calibre of people that the NPP now has in power as their leaders, I compare them to those I saw growing up.
I used to work with B.J. Da Rocha at the Institute of Economic Affairs when he retired. He was always coming to the IEA secretariat, and I used to talk to him about how he conducted himself as the founding chairman of the NPP”.
He continued, “I used to talk to Mr Dan Botwe, Haruna Esseku, Odoi Sykes, Ala Adjetey, and Agyenim Boateng. I know what they stood for and how they managed the party’s affairs. I don’t see the current crop of NPP leadership doing the same.”
“The current NPP has lost its soul because of the calibre of people they have recruited to lead them and it is important if the party wants to be taken seriously, it must trace its roots back to its traditions.
NPP is an elite party, it is not a mass party it must go back to its tradition, but the calibre of people leading it now I don’t see it.
“NPP is a party that believes in healthy debate, not a party that sponsors small boys on social media to insult people they should be learning from,” he concluded.
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Hon. Patrick Yaw Boamah, the Member of Parliament for Okaikwei Central, has expressed concerns that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has shifted its focus from core values to materialism and money-driven pursuits.
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