Scandal-hunting will keep NPP in opposition for a long time – Fifi Kwetey

NDC General Secretary Fifi Fiavi Kwetey has warned that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) could remain in opposition for an extended period if it continues to focus on uncovering scandals to boost its political standing. During an interview on Joy News’ PM Express, Kwetey criticized the NPP for fabricating controversy surrounding the evacuation of Ghanaians from South Africa.

He stated that the public had moved past this kind of low-level politicking and called for the NPP to recognize this. The NPP youth wing staged a protest in Accra over the alleged GH¢16.4 million discrepancy in the evacuation costs, demanding an account of the finances and an independent audit. The Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, defended the GH¢49.72 million expenditure, rejecting claims of unaccounted funds and requesting a special audit by the Auditor-General.

Kwetey dismissed the NPP's approach as a political retaliation against Ablakwa for exposing alleged wrongdoing under the previous government. He dismissed concerns about disputed signatures, duplications, and other discrepancies in the ministry's documents as peripheral, questioning whether the opposition had established any theft.

Kwetey argued that scandal-hunting is a political practice he has resisted within his own party, recalling how the NDC entered opposition after the 2016 election due to pressure to uncover scandals. He emphasized that scrutiny should only follow genuine wrongdoing and that scandal-hunting would not erase voters' memories of the NPP's eight years in government.