The Energy Ministry was forced to answer to a tweet by the previous president John Dramani Mahama on February 7, 2023, with a statement headlined "Ghana's oil producing profile under President Akufo-Addo impregnable."

The ministry lists the oil-related initiatives that the Nana-Addo administration has taken on in the announcement.

Under the Akufo-Addo administration, "Ghana has seen an exceptional oil well drilling success rate from all exploration wells drilled from 2017 to present," the Ministry claims.

It added that "out of seven exploration wells drilled during the period, six of them were successful resulting in 7 discoveries."

John Dramani Mahama had accused the Akufo-Addo-led government of their lack of efforts aimed at increasing the country's oil production in the upstream sector over the last seven years.

According to him, greed and ineptitude against national interest have engulfed the current government which has resulted in the lack of development in the oil and gas sector.

In a tweet posted on February 6, 2023, John Mahama said described the development as 'wasted years' despite his [NDC] administration handing over two new oil fields [TEN and Sankofa] to the Akufo-Addo government in 2017.

“Wasted years! We bequeathed to the Akufo-Addo government two new oil fields, TEN and Sankofa. Greed and ineptitude as against national interest mean a sad reality of no additional production activity in our upstream oil sector in the last 7 years,” John Mahama wrote.

"On the back of the available evidence, the Ministry wishes to state unequivocally, that the former President's assertion cannot be supported by the available facts and therefore must be treated with the utmost contempt it deserves," the Energy Ministry added.