A Member of the NPP’s Legal Directorate, Kingsley Amoakwa-Boadu has refuted claims that individuals employed after the December 7 elections were illegally recruited.

The legal practitioner insists that they went through due process before being hired.

Speaking on Newsfile on Mr Amoakwa-Boadu dismissed accusations that the previous government deliberately padded state agencies with last-minute appointments before leaving office.

"Are we saying that these people were just padded into positions? How did we come to that conclusion?" he questioned on Saturday, February 22, 2025.

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He explained that public sector employment follows a strict process, involving interviews, verification of qualifications, and certification by the Public Services Commission.

"Some of them are civil servants, and they had to go through interviews, background checks, and certificate verification by the relevant institutions. So how can we now claim they were just placed there unfairly?" he argued.

Mr Amoakwa-Boadu also rejected the notion that the previous administration failed to recruit workers throughout its tenure, only to conduct mass hiring at the tail end of its term.

"...I heard here that for the eight years, there was no recruitment really. For the eight years, there's no recruitment, really? It so happened that this recruitment or cared at a tail end. That's not to say that for the whole eight years, there was no recruitment, but let's please, let's be fair to all the facts,” he added.

His comments come amid political controversy over the NDC government’s decision to terminate the contracts of employees hired after December 7, arguing that the appointments were rushed and financially unsustainable.

While the Minority insists the dismissals are unconstitutional, the government maintains that many of the recruitments were irregular and part of an attempt to burden the administration with excessive public sector wages.