Prince Kumah Accuses NPP of Glorifying Goro Boys Under Ayorkor Botchwey, Rejects Their Criticism

A member of the NDC communications team, Prince Kumah, has hit back at the NPP with a sharp accusation: he says the NPP “glorified goro boys” when Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey was Foreign Affairs Minister, yet the same party now has the nerve to criticize the NDC. In simple terms, Kumah is saying the NPP is being hypocritical — pointing fingers at others for something it allegedly did itself and even celebrated.

The term “goro boys” is well known in Ghana. It refers to intermediaries who hang around passport offices and other government agencies, promising to speed up services for a fee. For the ordinary person, this is not an abstract issue — many Ghanaians have encountered these middlemen and know how frustrating and costly they can be. By using this term, Kumah is trying to connect the NPP to a practice that ordinary people already dislike.

Kumah’s point is essentially: you cannot criticize us for something you allowed and even praised under your own watch. He is naming Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey directly, which makes the accusation personal and political. The message to the public is that the NPP’s criticism of the NDC lacks moral authority because the NPP allegedly did the same thing when it was in power.

This is a classic political counter-attack. When one party criticizes another, the response is often to say: “Look at what you did when you had the chance.” Kumah is using this strategy to deflect criticism and put the NPP on the defensive. For voters, the key question is simple — if both sides are accusing each other of the same thing, who is telling the truth, and does either party have clean hands?

For now, the NDC’s position is clear — the NPP has no right to criticize the NDC over “goro boys” when it allegedly glorified them under Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey. The NPP has not responded in this report, but the exchange shows that the political fight is heating up. What matters most is that Ghanaians get real answers about who is protecting the ordinary citizen from these middlemen — and who is just playing politics.