Angry Ghanaians descend on ‘political’ CJ Baffoe-Bonnie

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Chief Justice, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie

Angry Ghanaians on social media have descended heavily on the Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie over his recent remarks.

It will be recalled that on Wednesday, September 2, the Chief Justice, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, toured some state institutions where he questioned how Ghana sank so low in the past eight years under the former administration.

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The Chief Justice expressed astonishment at the performance of some state institutions over the past eight years.

According to Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, comparing the current progress of some state institutions with their performance over the past eight years, he wonders what went wrong in the last eight years.

The Chief Justice lauded the performance of the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) and other public institutions under the current Mahama administration.

Speaking during a visit to MIIF on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, he said he was impressed by what he had seen at the institution and other state entities.

Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie stated, “I must congratulate you. I mean, you have done marvellously well. Sometimes, when we hear about the things that you have done and the things that some organisations are doing now, we wonder. Some of us keep wondering what we really have been doing in the past eight years”.

“We’ve just come back from SSNIT. We went to SSNIT this morning, and the kind of things that we heard and what we had heard even before we went there, if you compare that with the fact that, not too long ago, SSNIT was preparing to sell its prized assets like the Labadi Beach Hotel, you wonder how Ghana could have sunk so low,” he added.

The Chief Justice, following these remarks, has come under sharp criticism online, with many questioning his statements, which have since gone viral.

According to netizens, the Chief Justice’s comments amount to an endorsement of the current government while serving as a rebuke of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration.

Others also wonder whether he had begun campaigning for the NDC, suggesting that his remarks blurred the line between judicial independence and partisan politics.

One user wrote: “Your office is not a campaign platform. You are not an NDC spokesperson. You are the head of an independent judiciary that is supposed to stand above the political fray. When you start scoring the previous administration while touring state institutions under the current one, you erode the very confidence you claim to protect. Smh.”

“The arm of government that is supposed to ‘check and balance’ the executive arm is rather bootlicking the executive arm. The CJ has tarnished the image of that office. In a serious country, he will resign and go home,” another user wrote.

“I think this dude is an NDC man through and through,” another X user claimed.

One other user questioned: “And they wanted Ken Ofori Atta to come and face ‘justice’. Whoever advised him not to come should be paid quadruple. Any future govt should strip off his retirement benefits. Backstabber.”

A netizen added, “Ghanaians did not appoint you to grade governments. They expect you to deliver justice without fear or favour, not to validate one side’s narrative. If state organisations are performing better now, say so without the political dig. If you must reflect on the past, do it without sounding like a party activist.

This kind of language from the Chief Justice damages the judiciary more than any criticism from outside ever could. Stay in your lane. A very sad day for Mother Ghana… a whole CJ….,” one other user noted.

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