A former presidential aspirant from the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has expressed uncertainty regarding his choice of party for the 2024 presidential elections.In an interview with the media on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 he indicated that he is hesitant to vote for the NPP in the upcoming polls due to the current government's poor performance.

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Frimpong-Boateng, who formerly served as the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation under President Akufo-Addo, also noted that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has not demonstrated any signs of offering a better alternative.“I have not decided (on who to vote for) yet. Because it is fluid now. What I don’t like is an attempt to buy votes, force people in a certain direction.

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If you do that it is a testimony to the weakness of the candidate that you are supporting.“It will be difficult for the NPP to win the 2024 elections. It is a fact that they [the NPP] have over-promised and under-delivered but everything is possible but the NDC is also not giving me any hope,” he said.

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He went on to suggest that it would be challenging for the NPP to secure victory in the 2024 elections, citing their tendency to make lofty promises without delivering on them. However, he acknowledged that while the NPP faces difficulties, the NDC has not provided him with much hope either.Prof.

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Frimpong-Boateng also shared his previous vision of the NPP remaining in power for more than 40 years, but he lamented the current state of affairs, which he believes places the NPP at risk of losing the 2024 elections.

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“When I was in government, I said the way the NDC had mismanaged the country, we were going to help the president and work so that the NPP would still be there even after forty years and there would be no romantic ideas about the NDC again and now look at where we are. I thought we were going to work and there would be no romantic ideas about Mahama and the NDC ever coming back,” he said.

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