NPP Chairman Drops ‘Secret Rucruitment’ Bomshell

Caught On Tape Boasting Of Jobs For The Unqualified


By Gifty Boateng

A leaked video has surfaced in which John Boadu, the newly elected National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), candidly admits to personally pressuring then-President Nana Akufo-Addo to appoint unqualified party loyalists to management positions in state institutions, in an arrangement that appears to have prioritised partisan reward over competence.
In the recording, obtained by The New Republic, Boadu, 56, recounts how he lobbied for NPP regional secretaries and organisers from the then 10 regions to fill managerial roles at the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), and the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) at the regional level.
He states emphatically that some of these officials were not only unqualified but, in some cases, had no educational background for the roles they were given.

The Confession
Addressing delegates during his campaign ahead of the party’s National Delegates Conference at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi, the former General Secretary said he sat personally with then-President Akufo-Addo to press for the appointments.
“After we won the election, I sat the President down and told him: Mr. President, we told the youth we will provide them jobs and all that. We are now going to start One District One Factory. Let’s give YEA to the youth of the party. So throughout the country, whether the youth had been to school or not, they were appointed into YEA directorate, monitoring and evaluation so they all got jobs because of what I did,” Boadu says in the recording.
“NADMO, let’s give it to our organisers, both constituency and region. So in the regions, if you are a regional organiser and you have not been to school, you become NADMO regional director.”
He then proceeds to name names.

The Beneficiaries
Among those cited is Stephen Amoah, now Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso, popularly known as “Sticka,” who was the NPP’s Ashanti Regional Organiser before the party’s 2016 election victory and was subsequently made MASLOC Chief Executive Officer.
Boadu further discloses that in the Central Region, the Regional Secretary and Organiser rejected appointments to NADMO and MASLOC and were instead elevated to Regional Minister and Deputy Regional Minister respectively.
“The Central Regional Organiser rejected the NADMO director job, so he was made Deputy Regional Minister. The Central Regional Secretary said she wanted to be a minister, and we made her Regional Minister,” he says.
The appointments, according to Boadu, were justified because flagship programmes like One District One Factory were expected to take time to materialise, and he saw wisdom in rewarding the party’s youth with immediate jobs.
His remarks have sparked shock among many Ghanaians, who say the revelations confirm that uneducated regional executives were installed in these positions merely to appease the party’s youth base.
At the time, Boadu was serving as Acting General Secretary following the removal of the substantive occupant of the office, Kwabena Agyei Agyepong.
The video, recorded during his campaign to lead the party, was apparently intended to energise the base and assure delegates that with Boadu at the helm, he would have the clout to dictate to those in power.
Described as a grassroots man, Boadu was elected NPP National Chairman for the next four years, polling 2,888 votes to defeat competitors including Boakye Agyarko and Paul Afoko.
Four years earlier, he had lost his bid to become substantive General Secretary, having been defeated by Justin Kodua Frimpong. And although he has now been elevated to the party’s highest office, his wings have effectively been clipped in the role.
At the just-ended conference, the party amended its constitution to make the flagbearer in this case, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia the leader of the party. Although many at the event rejected the amendment, one of 14 proposed changes, the party went ahead and declared it adopted.
The matter has since been sent to court for intervention.
Speaking on Akoma FM in Kumasi on Monday, October 5, 2026, Danquah Smith Butey described the amendment as invalid, insisting that the party’s leadership structure must be maintained in line with the NPP constitution.
Butey had earlier called for consideration of the amendments to be postponed during the National Delegates Conference in Kumasi on Saturday, October 3, 2026, arguing that due to time constraints, the conference should focus on the elections alone and defer the constitutional changes.
“Because of time, I think we have to postpone the amendments and deal with the elections only, because there’s no time, so that the amendments can come at the next conference,” he said.
Despite his call, the party proceeded with the amendment process, led by Frank Davis, and delegates subsequently adopted the proposed changes.
Butey, however, contends that no individual including Frank Davis had the authority to overturn his decision as Acting National Chairman, arguing that his tenure had not yet expired. According to him, the NPP constitution gives him 14 days to complete his tenure, making his decision to defer the amendments valid.
He maintains that the proposed amendments should instead be tabled at the next National Delegates Conference, where delegates can decide whether to accept and adopt them.