“Ghanaians keep saying I’m always sleeping, but that’s just how my eyes look” – Chief Fire Officer

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Chief Fire Officer Daniella Mawusi Ntow Sarpong

Daniella Mawusi Ntow Sapong, the Chief Fire Officer (CFO) of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), has addressed ongoing Ghanaian concerns regarding the appearance of her appearance.

According to the Chief Fire Officer, Ghanaians keep saying she is always sleeping, but that’s just how his eyes look.

The Chief Fire Officer further added that it does not bother her when Ghanaians are always saying she is sleeping.

Speaking in an interview shared on X, CFO Daniella Mawusi Ntow Sarpong explained, “Ghanaians keep saying I’m always sleeping, but that’s just how my eyes look. If you think I’m always asleep, go ahead and keep talking. It doesn’t bother me.”

“I laugh when I hear people talk about me sleeping all the time. I’ve even thought about using both hands to hold my eyes open while walking around! I want them to understand that I don’t always sleep as much as they claim I do. That’s just how God made me,” she said.

She added, “Interestingly, my directors often joke, ‘Madam, your eyes are very small, yet you don’t wear eyeglasses, while we with bigger open eyes do!’ I tell them that’s just how God does things. I always say that’s how God created me.”

“If you perceive me as someone who is always sleeping, then so be it. Interpret it however you like to satisfy yourself. It doesn’t really bother me because that’s just the way my eyes are. My eyes are open to your testimony as you came to interview me, and I can see everything clearly. So why should I care about what people say? I have tough skin. I’m tough,” she said.

Daniella Mawusi Ntow Sapong, who previously served as Director of Fire Safety, was appointed the first-ever female Chief Fire Officer (CFO) of Ghana by President John Dramani Mahama.

Some Ghanaians reacting to the revelation about her eyes stated, “A lot of people in the comments are complaining about her weight. Rightly so. I don’t know why GNFS personnel are so fat. Even those who just got recruited and passed through rigorous training exercises are fat”.

“And that’s why you DON’T prejudge others before getting to know them”, a netizen added.

A netizen added, “One time i went to the camp of the Ghana National Fire Service. I saw a group of people jogging, i asked who they were and was rightly informed, “officers going for promotion”

I can tell you for a fact, the least of them weighed not less than 85kg (both male and female)”

“FAT and UNFIT to be there.

Must be suspended, tasked to unfat before getting her position back.

All FAT men and women in national services must UNFAT” a netizen added.

In related news, the Minority in Parliament has called on the Interior Ministry to refund approximately GH¢113 million collected from applicants who failed to qualify in the ongoing security recruitment exercise.

 Ranking Member on the Defence and Interior Committee, Rev John Ntim Fordjour, accused the John Mahama government of exploiting Ghanaian applicants and called for an investigation.

According to Ntim Fordjour, the Interior Ministry knew they were recruiting only 5,000, but lured half a million people just to milk applicants of GH¢113 million.

Speaking to journalists on Thursday, March 12, 2026, the Ranking Member on the Defence and Interior Committee, Rev John Ntim Fordjour, stated, “Already, we have a national security threat and unemployment on our hands. You promised them jobs. You didn’t add any conditions”.

“Then you turn around, you politically expand the age limit from twenty-five to thirty-five, signalling that there is more room and more access, more financial clearance, which was a lie”.

“You knew from the very beginning you were recruiting only 5,000, and yet you did all this to lure half a million people, took their money, milked them GH¢113 million cedis and over, only to turn around yesterday, after you have knocked them out by technology and internet disruptions from the aptitude test,” he said.

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