Eugene Boakye Antwi, the former Subin MP and NPP General Secretary aspirant, has fired shots at the party’s youths.
The former Subin MP highlighted that the elders of the party gave the youth a chance to lead the party, but they left the party aground.
Eugene Boakye Antwi, who did not mention any names, stressed that the party failed to effectively communicate its achievements and connect with voters, particularly the youth.
He noted that the NPP was overwhelmed by key national issues during the campaign, with debates around LGBTQ+ rights, illegal mining (galamsey), and economic hardships.
Speaking in an interview shared by Citi FM on X, Boakye Antwi stated, “We gave the youth the chance to come and lead this party, and they left it aground”.
“That is why I’m before my people and the good people of this country, that these were certain things that we could not; we did not deal with properly or effectively. We failed to communicate the works of Akufo-Addo… what didn’t Akufo-Addo do? What hasn’t Akufo-Addo done for this country? But it’s like, oh, we are seen as corrupt; they were stealing,” he questioned.
He further lamented what he described as a reversal of political narratives between the NPP and the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
“It’s like we have traded places,” he said.
According to Eugene Boakye Antwi, the scale of the defeat of over two million votes should serve as a wake-up call.
“We didn’t lose by 200,000 or 300,000 votes; we lost by 2.1 million,” he stressed.
In related news, Eugene Boakye Antwi, a former Member of Parliament for Subin, has said 2025 has not been a very good year as an NPP politician.
According to Eugene Boakye Antwi, 2025 has not been a good year, as there was a change of government.
Speaking in a video shared on social media, Eugene Boakye Antwi stated, “It’s been a not-so-good year because one, there was a change of government. The government had to put its team in place to work. The ministers, the agency heads, the MMDCS, the ambassadors, I mean, we are waiting to see”.
“I’ve just told them earlier that it will be unfair to assess any government. I’ve been a member of the executive before as a deputy minister from 2017 to 2021. And it wouldn’t be fair to assess any government within its first year or even the second year.
I would say next year, around this time, will give us a better hang of what, where the government intends to take the country”, he said.
Eugene Boakye Antwi further stressed that Ghana is still depending on IMF support. “But as it stands, we are we are IMF economy. There isn’t much in the system for the government to work on or to work with.”
He further claimed that the stabilisation of the dollar is artificial, as there is no policy driving it.
“The dollar is stable, which is good. Inflation is under control. But it’s all because these are, these are all artificial stuff because there’s no policy driving it, there’s no policy behind it, if you know what I mean”.
“The government has been smart to find a way, right, to stabilise the dollar. It’s allowing the good people of this country to bring in imports, you know, with a very stable dollar. It helps them to plan. But it all remains to be seen sometime next year, if indeed there is some kind of master plan that is being used by this government to hold the city, to hold inflation, and what have you”, he added.