“God of Akufo-Addo will judge appointees who caused his downfall” – Chairman Buga

The 3rd Vice Chairperson of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alhaji Masawudu Osman, commonly known as Chairman Buga, has said the God of Akufo-Addo will judge appointees who caused his downfall.

Chairman Buga claimed former President Akufo-Addo’s appointees hated him and caused his downfall.

According to Alhaji Masawudu Osman, Akufo-Addo’s lack of reshuffling in his government was not the problem.  

Speaking in an interview on Sompa TV, Chairman Buga stated, “I had the mentality that human beings are bad and there was no way reshuffling in Akufo-Addo’s government could have made any better impact”.

“When we were elected as national officers… those that Akufo-Addo gave them better appointment, like at COCOBOD or as CEO of any company, you shouldn’t expect Akufo-Addo to come and tell you to support the party members who fought to bring the NPP to power”, he added.

He highlighted that Akufo-Addo appointees abandoned the party’s grassroots members after their appointments.

Chairman Buga also claimed Akufo-Addo’s appointees did not truly support him and cited the CEO of the Minerals Commission.  

“For me, I see that many of the people Akufo-Addo appointed were his enemies; they hated him…and the God of Akufo-Addo will judge such people for causing his downfall.

“I picked up intelligence that the CEO of the Minerals Commission was against us. Everything we did, he allegedly reported to the NDC. But when we informed Akufo-Addo, he trusted him so much that he did not act”, he claimed.

In related news, Franklin Cudjoe, the President of IMANI Africa, has accused former President Akufo-Addo of mismanaging billions of dollars in COVID-19 funds during the pandemic.

The think tank president cited findings from a special audit into the COVID-19 funds, noting that only 40 per cent of the money received was properly used to tackle the pandemic and economic fallout.

In a social media post, Franklin Cudjoe stated, “We lived it, saw it, complained, and Nana Akufo-Addo ignored us. In fact, Nana and his gang received almost $2bn in free money to fight off Covid-19 and its impact on our economy.

“They raided the accounts and shared the money mostly among party faithfuls,” he wrote.

He further referenced a recent report by the World Bank saying, “In its 2025 Policy Notes on Ghana, the Bank was unequivocal; ‘The deterioration of global conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine was not the cause of the 2022 macroeconomic crisis; rather, it merely exposed an economy already beset with deep structural vulnerabilities and precarious macroeconomic conditions’”. 

Meanwhile, the World Bank has dismissed the Akufo-Addo administration’s long-standing claims that Ghana’s 2022 economic collapse was driven by global shocks.

For years, the former Akufo-Addo government and appointees attributed the severity of Ghana’s economic downturn, surging inflation, and a free-falling currency to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian-Ukrainian war.

The World Bank, however, argues that domestic policy failures were decisive.

According to the World Bank, the former Akufo-Addo government’s economic collapse was self-inflicted, citing weak governance, fiscal indiscipline, and delayed reforms.

In the World Bank 2025 Policy Notes on Ghana, it reads, “The deterioration of global conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine was not the cause of the 2022 macroeconomic crisis; rather, it merely exposed an economy already beset with deep structural vulnerabilities and precarious macroeconomic conditions.”

“Sudden macroeconomic stops and crises have led the country to request a record number of IMF programs, remaining under active IMF support for 40 out of its 68 years of history,” the Bank noted.

The Bank further cautioned, “Spending indiscipline poses a critical challenge to Ghana’s macro-fiscal stability… the absence of stringent expenditure controls frequently results in budget overruns and excessive borrowing, undermining efforts to maintain fiscal discipline and compromising long-term sustainability”.

The World Bank stressed that Temporary fixes will not suffice, “There is an urgent need to signal a clear break from the past and a commitment to change… Success will ultimately be measured by the ability of the government to regain the trust of its citizens.”

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