You deliberately put in fake report just to discredit the NPP out of bitterness – NPP PC slams Frimpong-Boateng
The NPP’s 2024 parliamentary candidate for Cape Coast North, Ekow Awusi, has accused former Minister of Environment, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, of acting out of bitterness, claiming this led him to write what he described as a fake anti-galamsey report to discredit the New Patriotic Party and the Akufo-Addo government.
Prof Frimpong-Boateng, who is facing a dismissal charge from the NPP after describing the party as “fake,” authored a report critical of the Akufo-Addo administration’s fight against illegal mining.
According to Awusi, the report was used by the opposition in the build-up to the 2024 general election.
Speaking on Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, Prof Frimpong-Boateng, while addressing issues surrounding missing excavators linked to the anti-galamsey operations he supervised, accused Ekow Awusi, his former subordinate, of selling some of the excavators.
However, Awusi, who served as Director of Operations of GalamStop, an inter-ministerial anti-galamsey task force, countered the allegation, claiming Prof Frimpong-Boateng only pretended to be an anti-galamsey crusader.
He further accused the former minister of abetting illegal mining by failing to account for seized gold and by facilitating the release of confiscated excavators allegedly belonging to a relative.
“You deliberately put in a fake report in an election year just to discredit the NPP and the government out of bitterness,” Awusi said in a viral video in which he confronted Prof Frimpong-Boateng over several galamsey-related and internal party issues.
Awusi stated that although he was the field officer who reported directly to the minister, none of the reports he submitted were reflected in the final document.
“You were never in the forest. I was the one there, and I gave you all the reports. What you put in your report was fake and concocted by you just to discredit the NPP and the government out of bitterness,” he said.
“I challenge you to sue me if you deny what I’m saying,” he added.
He also accused Prof Frimpong-Boateng of diverting seized gold and aiding illegal mining by releasing confiscated excavators allegedly belonging to his son.
“All the gold we seized, we handed over to you. Where is all the seized gold we gave you?” he asked.
“Whenever we arrested and seized excavators, you came in and had them released. Little did we know they belonged to Joojo Frimpong-Boateng. Go and sue me if this is not true,” Awusi alleged.
“You were supposed to fight galamsey, but your own son was a chief galamseyer. You were benefiting. Some of the things you did at the ministry some of us have remained quiet because of the party,” he added…CONTINUE MORE READING>>>