A former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has cautioned individuals in power to be wary of their actions, especially, if those are not in favour of the country.

Speaking on JoyNews, Prof Frimpong Boateng, who was arrested and released on a GHS 2 million bail by the Office of the Special Prosecutor over some expenses, said those in power today will equally be questioned for the roles they are playing now.

“These are monies belonging to the people, and so we should all account for our stewardship. If I have done anything wrong, I’ll go before the court and answer questions. This should apply to everyone,” Prof Frimpong-Boateng said.

“Those who are in charge now should also know that at some point they will be at the other end. If you are on one side of the table, at another point in time you may be at the other end, and you will also be receiving questions. So whatever you are doing, we should be clever that you are doing everything in the interstate of Ghana.”

Prof Frimpong Boateng indicated that, if people work in the interest of the country without any selfish interest, Ghana would be so much ahead of where it is now.

His comments come after his invitation to the Office of the Special Prosecutor which later became an arrest for which he was granted a GHS 2 million bail.

This followed the release of a 36-page document written by Prof. Boateng to the president, the Chief of Staff, and the police naming top officials allegedly involved in illegal mining.

The Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP) had invited Prof Frimpong-Boateng over alleged corruption in the activities of the defunct Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM).

But speaking on JoyNews, Prof Frimpong-Boateng insisted he did no wrong while chairing the Inter-Ministerial Committee.

“If 0.001% of people behave like what I have done, this country will not be the way it is. I built a whole hospital and trained people, added structures and systems to Korle Bu with internally generated funds, and changed the way Ghana Red Cross functions, and as a minister, I introduced a lot of things that if they were pursued, we would have made a lot of changes in this country,” he said.

Prof Frimpong-Boateng added that he has always worked in the interest of the country, and has never thought of making money off the country.

“If I were a thief, I would have been one of the very rich people in this country. If we all thought about Ghana and had the interest of this country at heart, we will not be where we are now,” he said.