Mahama’s Decision to Accept US Deportees ‘Reckless’ – Nana Boakye

The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, has slammed President John Dramani Mahama over his decision to accept West African deportees from the United States, describing it as “reckless” and a blatant violation of Ghana’s Constitution.

Speaking in an interview on Friday, September 19, 2025, Nana Boakye—popularly known as Nana B—argued that the president’s move to receive the deportees without parliamentary approval was both “unconstitutional and illegal.”

His comments follow clarification from Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, who stated on Point of View that the arrangement with the U.S. is covered by a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which he claimed does not require parliamentary ratification. The government recently accepted 14 deportees from the U.S., sparking criticism from the Minority in Parliament.

Nana Boakye compared the development to the controversial “Gitmo 2” case of 2016, when the Supreme Court ruled that the Mahama administration acted illegally by resettling two Guantanamo Bay detainees without seeking Parliament’s approval under Article 75 of the Constitution.

“The Supreme Court declared the action of the then Mahama administration unconstitutional and illegal, so I am amazed and surprised that His Excellency the president is committing the same mistake he made the first time,” Nana Boakye said.
“This is a reckless and complete disregard for our Constitution.”

He further disclosed plans to return to the Supreme Court to challenge what he called the president’s “flagrant disregard” for constitutional requirements in handling bilateral agreements with the United States.