The founder and leader of Heaven’s Gate Ministries, Nicholas Osei popularly known as Prophet Kumchacha chastised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the timing of his ministerial reshuffle.

According to him, Akufo-Addo should have reshuffled his Ministers long ago instead of waiting for seven years to undertake the exercise.

The Prophet stated that Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta should have been dismissed when some New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament (MPs) petitioned him over his abysmal performance in office to salvage the Ghanaian economy.

“Ken Ofori-Atta has an unprecedented record when his own NPP MPs wrote a petition calling for his dismissal. Nana Addo should have heeded the calls of the MPs and sacked him; not now,” he said.

Prophet Kumchacha also described the reshuffle as “useless” stating that it would not benefit the country in any way with few months to general elections.

“With the other governments, by a year or two, there will be a reshuffle but during Akufo-Addo’s tenure, it has taken him seven years to do so. In my opinion, the reshuffle is useless because it won’t benefit us in any way. How can you do it just a few months to elections?” he quizzed.

The President, according to a statement issued by the Presidency, relieved 13 central and local government Ministers of their duties.

Celebrities including Nana Aba Anamoah, Rex Omar, Bridget Otoo, OB Amponsah, and Prince David Osei have all reacted to the reshuffle.

Vim Lady Expresses Her Disappointment

Outspoken media personality, Afia Pokua popularly known as Vim Lady has expressed her disappointment in Senior Presidential Advisor, Yaw Osafo-Maafo for what she described as a failure to counsel President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo properly.

According to her, she expected Yaw Osafo-Maafo to be counseling President Akufo-Addo appropriately regarding national development issues and his public utterances.

During an Instagram live session, Vim Lady strongly criticized Akufo-Addo for his public statement asserting that he did not initiate developmental projects in Ekumfi due to the constituency’s failure to support the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate in that region.

“I think the President is not working hard enough because those close to him are not telling him the truth. One of my biggest disappointments is Yaw Osafo-Maafo. You are one of the people the President respects, so, you should call him to order when the need be… Why should he tell people [of Ekumfi] that he is not developing their area because they didn’t vote for his candidate? That shouldn’t be the case,” she said.

President Akufo-Addo in January made news headlines following comments he passed when chiefs and leaders of Ekumfi, a community in the Central Region of Ghana, called on him at the Presidency.

Akufo-Addo told the chiefs and leaders of Ekumfi that he turned a blind eye to their developmental needs because they voted out the NPP Member of Parliament (MP) for the area during the 2020 general elections.

The President indicated that he was angry at the people of Ekumfi for voting out the then NPP MP, Francis Kingsley Ato Codjoe. He noted that he made Codjoe the Deputy Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, all in an attempt for the legislator to be able to help his people only for them to vote him out.

“Ato Cudjoe was your MP and I made him a Deputy Minister so that he would also help you but it didn’t stay long, you voted him out in the last elections and this is one of the reasons I ignored development in your area. I have to be honest with you but since you have brought it up, I will pay attention to it,” President Akuffo-Addo said.

President Akufo-Addo’s comment was met with vehement criticism by the public chastising him for speaking in that manner as the country’s leader.