A Political Science Lecturer with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is blaming the president for the persistent media war between Alban Bagbin and some government appointees.

Prof Amoako Baah said a simple call from the president to Bagbin would have ended the standoff long ago.

The former Majority Leader on Friday criticized the president's handling of corruption in the country.

He also said the president was not accessible to be advised in private and so Mr. Bagbin opted to do so in public.

The former Majority Leader's comments have since received sharp criticism from some leading members of the party as well as presidential staffer, Stan Dogbe.

Dogbe in  reaction on facebook said Bagbin was peddling an obvious untruth.

However, Alban Bagbin took offence to the comments by Stan Dogbe and even criticised the president all the more.

He said the president is obviously naked if people like Stan Dogbe is managing him.

Foreign Minister, Hanna Tetteh, also waded into the controversy charging at Alban Bagbin and reminding him to concentrate on his job of executing the president's priority projects.

Discussing the political implications of the controversy, the head of the Political Science Department at KNUST, said the controversy shows a "sense of frustration" within the government and the party.

He said some senior party members are convinced young government appointees have hijacked the government.

Prof Baah said the failure by the president to call Alban Bagbin to assure him that everything was under control was enough testimony of a strong disconnect between the two high profile personalities.

He said Bagbin considers himself not only as a senior member of the party but a friend to the president and should have direct access to him but if he would have to go through intermediaries before seeing the president, that is problematic.

"All the president had to do on Friday [when the issue broke] was to call Bagbin [privately] to diffuse tension", Prof Baah noted, adding that if the issue rages on even on Monday, then it shows a disconnect within the government.

He further asserted the ongoing controversy was a "waste of the party's energy" and called for a speedy resolution of the problem.