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In a blistering rebuke of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) leadership, cardiothoracic surgeon and party stalwart Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has declared he will not be intimidated into leaving the party he helped build.
Speaking on Ekosiisen on Asempa FM today, Tuesday, January 13, 2026, the former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation responded to reports that the National Executive Committee (NEC) is moving to expel him for labelling the current party structure as "fake".
Rather than backing down, the Professor launched a fresh volley of criticisms, suggesting that it is the current leadership—not him—that should be shown the exit.
The tension follows a series of recent interviews where Prof. Frimpong-Boateng described the re-election of certain leaders as a train wreck and characterised the party’s direction as fundamentally destroyed.
When asked if he would preemptively resign to avoid the humiliation of expulsion, his response was defiant.
“No! I’m not leaving the party; they should leave the party [because] they are the fake ones,” he declared. “They should go away and the true party will stand.”
He dismissed the NEC’s disciplinary measures as a distraction, stating flatly that he has no intention of appearing before any committee to defend his remarks.
“I will not honour any invitation from the NEC to waste my time,” he added, signalling a total breakdown in his relationship with the party's administrative wing.
The Professor’s critique is rooted in a belief that the NPP has drifted far from its founding principles of liberal conservatism and institutional integrity.
He argued that the party is currently in a state of terminal decline that can only be reversed by a complete purge of the "fake" elements at the top.
“We must accept that the NPP is destroyed; this was not how the party was in years past,” he lamented. “They should exit so that the young men and women with love for the party will rebuild.”
The rift between Frimpong-Boateng and the NPP has widened significantly since the 2024 general elections, where the party transitioned to a minority in Parliament.
Critics within the party, led by General Secretary Justin Frimpong-Kodua, have accused the Professor of "anti-party behaviour" and public disparagement, which they claim violates the NPP Constitution.
However, supporters of the Professor argue that his "tell-all" approach—which began with his infamous report on illegal mining (galamsey)—is a necessary cleansing fire for a party currently grappling with internal divisions ahead of its January 31 presidential primary.
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