Data Scientist and Policy Analyst Alfred Appiah has fired shots at the Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, over his outbursts following the IMF’s latest assessment of governance in Ghana’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs).
Alfred Appiah revealed that the Finance Ministry requested technical assistance from the IMF to review the financial performance of state-owned enterprises.
According to him, the government itself requested this support, questioning why Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, a top legislator of the governing party reacting like that.
The Policy Analyst noted that the IMF report also highlighted some positive progress Ghana has made, while also identifying the key risks and areas that still need attention.
In a post on X reacting to Dafeamekpor, the Policy Analyst wrote, “The Finance Ministry requested technical assistance from the IMF to review the financial performance of state-owned enterprises, apply fiscal risk management tools, and analyse the institutional arrangements for SOE oversight.
The IMF visited Ghana, engaged the heads of key SOEs, and prepared a report. If you read the report, it highlights some of the positives in the progress Ghana has made, while also identifying the key risks and areas that still need attention.
So why is a top legislator of the governing party reacting like this?
The government itself requested this support. If the government didn’t want to hear about the risks SOEs pose and only wanted praise singing, why didn’t it simply contract bloggers to praise SOE performance and call it a day?
After all, we are no longer under an IMF programme with financial disbursement implications”.
His comments follow Dafeamekpor, who called out the International Monetary Fund (IMF), questioning them about what exactly they want from the NDC government.
Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor accused the IMF of showing political bias against the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government over their latest assessment of governance in Ghana’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs).
In a post on X, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor wrote, “1. So what exactly do these IMF Country Directors want from the NDC anytime we are in Govt?
2. I have observed rather disconcertingly, the alacrity with which the IMF criticises an NDC-Govt in respect of matters that they’ll actually facilitate for an NPP-Govt to implement.
3. Two quick major examples will suffice: Messrs Peter Mac Manu and Hackman Owusu Agyemang were Board Chairs of GPHA and Cocobod respectively under the Nana Akufo-Addo regime.
3. Obviously, the IMF didn’t know this and, of course, didn’t also the political colouration or rank of these men who led GPHA & Cocobod Boards at the time.
4. I wish to assure the IMF-Ghana Country officers that I can produce a full list of NPP Snr Ranks & MPs who served on every Board of every SOE within 2017 and 2024. I can also do so from 2001 to 2008.
5. Mr IMF Country Director, by your tainted GoldBod report a couple of weeks prior and your present report in question, tells me without doubt that you have descended into the local political arena of conflict and taken sides opposite to me.
6. You must never be trusted again as an independent and neutral supra-national financial institution.
7. As for our gold, ‘forgerrit’. We will no longer sell it to you. You can continue to fabricate & skew our country reports with a huge anti Ndc slant.
GoldBod ad vitam !!!!”.
Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor’s post comes on the heels of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) raising a red flag over political appointments to Ghana’s State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) boards, citing specifically the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) chairman Asiedu Nketia.
According to the IMF, the politicisation of board and executive appointments at State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) could weaken corporate governance, accountability and effective oversight of the entities.
The IMF raised this concern in their report, titled “Advancing SOE Fiscal Risks Management, Financial Oversight, Governance, and Investment Implementation”, published in July 2026
See the post below:
The Finance Ministry requested technical assistance from the IMF to review the financial performance of state-owned enterprises, apply fiscal risk management tools, and analyze the institutional arrangements for SOE oversight.
— Alfred (@CallmeAlfredo) September 11, 2026
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