Former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has openly questioned whether former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia possesses the kind of leadership Ghana currently needs, arguing that goodwill and personal likability are not enough to steer the country through its political and economic challenges.
The former minister said Ghana has reached a stage where leadership must be anchored in firmness, principle, and institutional discipline, especially at a time when public trust in political parties is steadily declining.
While he acknowledged Dr Bawumia’s personal disposition, Prof Frimpong-Boateng insisted that leadership of the nation demands more than a pleasant personality. “Bawumia is a very nice person,” he said, “but being nice alone is not enough to lead Nkrumah’s Ghana.”
He argued that Ghana’s current circumstances require leaders who are prepared to take difficult decisions, confront entrenched corruption, and defend national institutions without fear or compromise. According to him, the country’s founding ideals were built on courage and conviction, qualities he believes must be restored at the highest level of leadership.
Prof Frimpong-Boateng also used the opportunity to criticise what he described as the erosion of internal democracy within the New Patriotic Party. He suggested that the party’s recent internal processes, particularly in the selection of its flagbearer, exposed deep-rooted governance problems that have weakened its moral authority.
He alleged that practices such as inducement of delegates, intimidation, and coercion had become normalised within the party, warning that such conduct creates fertile ground for corruption. In his view, no political organisation serious about national leadership should tolerate such methods.
The former minister linked these internal failures directly to the party’s poor performance in the most recent general elections, arguing that the defeat was not accidental but the result of unresolved structural and ethical weaknesses.
“We lost the elections badly,” he said, adding that refusing to confront the reasons behind the loss while maintaining the same leadership direction could worsen the party’s fortunes. He cautioned that repeating the same approach, including presenting the same flagbearer, could result in another overwhelming defeat.
Prof Frimpong-Boateng stressed that his remarks were not motivated by personal grievances but by concern for the future of Ghana’s democracy. He said the country needs leaders who can restore integrity to political parties, rebuild public confidence, and govern with the decisiveness and bold vision associated with Ghana’s founding under Dr Kwame Nkrumah.
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