Musah Superior is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)
A prominent figure of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Iddrisu Musah Superior, has advised the party to learn from past mistakes and refrain from awarding government appointments to individuals who do not prioritise the interests of the party.
According to him, the former government’s practice of awarding appointments to individuals who did not contribute to the party’s success was one of the major mistakes that led to the party’s unprecedented defeat in the 2024 general elections.
“If we do not want our party to be extinct, then we should not dish out positions anyhow in a future NPP government. We should hire persons who have the party at heart and are ready to support our members/supporters. A political party becomes stronger, attractive, and winnable if its internal workings establish a mechanism to support the party people to access opportunities in the government. Wise people understand a concept quickly with little explanation,” he said.
Superior, highlighting some of such instances, referenced a claim by Vincent Ekow Assafuah, MP of Old Tafo, regarding the dismissive and disrespectful nature of John Allotey, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, towards certain NPP personalities.
In a lengthy write-up on February 10, 2025, Musah Superior corroborating his claims, explained that Assafuah’s assertions did not surprise him, recounting his encounter and experience with John Allotey.
“The Member of Parliament of Old Tafo, Hon Assafuah in a short viral video painfully insinuated that John Allotey, former Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, turned him away disrespectfully because he (Hon) came to see him (John Allotey) without an appointment.
“This doesn’t come to me as a surprise. I worked as one of John Allotey’s deputies for three years and faced outright rejection and humiliation. I will provide a fuller account of our struggle as deputies at the Commission in a detailed write-up in the not-too-distant future,” he said.
Musah Superior noted that the former Forestry Commission boss appeared indifferent to both NPP matters and the political issues of the country.
Superior further suggested that Allotey’s disregard for party members stemmed from his lack of interest in politics.
According to him, he experienced a similar situation when Allotey greeted him in a dismissive manner during a visit to his office.
He said that he was accompanied by the NPP’s Greater Accra Regional Secretary, Daniel Nii Lai Parker, and the Regional Research Officer at the time, Ebenezer Doku, who later became the MCE of the Adentan Municipal Assembly.
“Allotey was completely uninterested in politics and the NPP. He dismissed party people with impunity. In the middle of the year, l was visited by the Greater Accra Regional Secretary, Daniel Nii Lai Parker, and the Regional Research Officer then, Ebenezer Doku. Hon Doku later became the Municipal Chief Executive of the Adentan Municipal Assembly. We had a great conversation. I took them to Allotey’s office to introduce them to him. To our utter shock, Allotey received us in a dismissive manner. We stood there like morons and left eventually,” he added.
The party stalwart went on to express his frustration over Allotey’s failure to campaign for the NPP during the 2024 Election, despite being appointed by former President Akufo-Addo and serving under their government.
He further stated that Allotey, along with other individuals, benefited from the party’s success while disregarding the efforts of grassroots members who worked tirelessly to secure the party’s victory.
“Allotey has never worked or campaigned for the party. I am unsure if he is a member or supporter of the NPP. Even in the just concluded 2024 elections, he did not campaign in any constituency in his home region of Greater Accra or anywhere in the country.
“He was always at the Forestry Commission pretending to be working. He is one of the many ‘baboons’ former appointees who enjoyed power, money, and influence at the expense of the many ‘monkies’ who toiled for the party to win power; as a result of which he first became the Deputy CEO and got promoted to the topmost job of the Commission when the indefatigable, generous, deferential and one of the most dedicated and loyal members of our great party, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie affectionately called Sir John passed on,” he said.
He added, “Sir John was exceedingly kind and supported thousands of party people who visited him at the Forestry Commission when he was the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission. May his gentle soul rest in peace. In contrast, John Allotey was limitlessly arrogant, lacked absolute empathy, and deliberately disregarded many party members (grassroots) who came to see him. He didn’t care. He claimed he was associated with some ‘big guys’ in the government.”
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