Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) General Secretary John Boadu has slammed former party member Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen for departing, calling his reason “unjustifiable.”
Boadu called Kyerematen’s departure “regrettable,” adding that there are many NPP members who are more bitter than Kyerematen and former energy minister Boakye Agyarko.
He agreed that there are a lot of people who are bitter in some manner, but they have stayed to help the party advance.
During an interview with Eyewitness News, Boadu stated that the two former ministers were “lucky” to have secured posts, emphasising the number of NPP members who did not.
The former NPP General Secretary remembers losing an election but refusing to protest or quit the party, chastising Kyerematen for failing to recognise the fame he acquired as an NPP member throughout the years.
He went on to identify party gurus who never experienced power via the party till their demise, emphasising that the current generation is reaping the benefits of their efforts.
“It’s regrettable, it shouldn’t have gotten to where it got to. All that he [Alan] has said is not sufficient for him to resign. There are a lot of people who have toiled for this party, who have worked on the grounds, campaigned, spent their monies on the party, and sacrificed their careers for the survival and achievements of this party over the years. They have never been made ministers before, they have never gotten any appointments before.
He added, “I agree with him [Boakye Agyarko] that there are a lot more people harbouring more bitter pain than what he thinks Alan Kyerematen harbours. For the past 7 seven years he [Alan] was a minister of state, how many of those people who work in the party have become ministers of state? If Alan harbours bitter sentiments, then there are others who are harbouring more bitter sentiments than he’s harbouring.
“So if everybody who has toiled wants to harbour sentiments, all of us will harbour sentiments. So it’s not as if it’s a threat to anybody, the people must also recognise that they have the names because of NPP, if not they were nobody. They are people who are more bitter than they are. If ministers are harbouring sentiments, then all of us including me John Boadu are harbouring bitter experiences, but the party is supreme. I lost an election last year, have I cried to anybody for a position? Or going independent?”.
He entreated the party leadership to concentrate on its activities without being distracted.
“I think the party needs to concentrate on its activities and move on. The party is resilient, it has gone through tough times before. The vacuum created may be a catalyst of strength for the party. I don’t think we need to waste our time responding to some of these issues,” he said.
