A Senior Research Fellow of the Kumasi Technical University, Prof. Smart Sarpong has asked Professor Frimpong-Boateng to assess his performance when he was the Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM).
Prof. Frimpong-Boateng has fanned the flame with a report he's written on galamsey where he indicts some officials in government and at the Jubilee House claiming they are actively involved in illegal mining, locally called 'galamsey'.
He has accused the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah; Director of Operations at the Presidency, Lord Commey; a legal practitioner, Gabby Otchere-Darko and others of interfering with his work while he was heading the IMCIM.
With specific regard to the Information Minister, Prof. Frimpong-Boateng accused him of orchestrating a plot to bring him down while he was working to fight against the illegal mining menace.
But to Prof. Smart Sarpong, if a person like Prof. Frimpong-Boateng starts to blame every person around him, it means he hoped to have done a better job than he did or he hoped for a second term to roll out some plans he had in mind which didn't see the light of the day because he was taken off the Chairman position of the IMCIM.
He explained to host Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM's morning show 'Kokrokoo' that Prof. Frimpong-Boateng is unsatisfied with his performance, hence accusing every person but himself of either sabotaging him or being involved in this menace.
He, therefore, sought from Prof. Frimpong-Boateng to give him a score of his performance.
"I want to ask him how he would score his performance? Did you pass or fail?...Prof should be able to assess himself today, sitting back, how would he score himself?"
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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WE HAVE ENTRUSTED POWER TO GREEDY BASTARDS WHO ONLY HAVE THEIR INTEREST AT HEART BUT NOT MOTHER GHANA THATS WHY WE ARE IN THIS MESS THESE ***barred word*** WE CALL LEADERS WILL SELL AND DESTROY THE COUNTRY FOR THEIR SELF INTEREST ...I FEEL SORRY FOR THE PROF AND MOTHER GHANA
@Dan, you are right, the professor has achieved success in his field but he had the opportunity to add politics to his VC but mess it up. In this world, there are certain things they are your ears only, some for your eye and other we talk about. You do not produce such sensitive report with some portions based on hearsay. On Kwadwo oppong Nkrumah's, the said conference was organized by the Bank of Ghana, he spoke less than twenty minutes and nowhere did he mentioned the prof. name. The prof. said, his friend heard from another friend without verification. The report is full of litany of unverified allegations out of bitterness when the he realized his name was not on the list of new ministers in the president's second term.
Hmmmmm, i pity the professor. But for politics some of these people will never get close to him much more insulting him. I strongly believe it was a wrong move for professor frimpong Boateng to have accepted a ministerial position. Was it for fame, money or prestige. I believe prof had all these before he entered politics. A big lesson for self made men and women. The kind of politics we do in Ghana is not meant for self made men and women. Frimpong boatengs current predicament is a case in point.