A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alhaji Osman Masawudu, popularly known as Chairman Buga, has come to the defence of the Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, amid the ongoing controversy surrounding recruitment into the country’s security services.

According to Chairman Buga, the minister has done nothing wrong in relation to the concerns currently being raised about the recruitment process.

He therefore urged members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and other critics to refrain from attacking the minister over the matter.

Chairman Buga instead directed attention to John Dramani Mahama, arguing that if anyone should be held responsible for the situation, it should be the president who appointed the minister.

“If there is anyone to blame for this issue, it should be Mahama because he appointed the minister. If he felt Muntaka had done something wrong, he would have fired him by now,” he said.

He further suggested that the absence of any disciplinary action indicates that the president is aware of the circumstances surrounding the recruitment process and does not believe the minister has committed any wrongdoing.

The recruitment exercise into the country’s internal security agencies has recently attracted public debate, with concerns raised about transparency and fairness in the process.