Ghanaian journalist and pollster, Benjamin Emmanuel Ephson, claims that a number of ministers appointed by former President John Agyekum Kufuor had their positions stripped off owing to their allegiance to Nana Akufo-Addo (Ghana's current president) back in 2007.

In an interview on Hello FM, Mr Ephson noted that these ministers, whose identities he failed to disclose, reportedly lost their jobs for not supporting Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen 15 years ago.

"15 years ago, Alan was an establishment candidate. Now Akufo-Addo was the victim of establishment candidate . So now if Bawumia is the establishment candidate, Akufo-Addo has been discrete. Ministers of State 15 years ago, under Kufuor, who supported Akufo-Addo, were dismissed. In 2007, Ministers of State, who supported Akufo-Addo and did not support Alan Kyerematen were dismissed," he stressed.

According to King Edward De Slave, a journalist of Hello FM, these claims have been refuted by the Office of Kufuor and affiliates.

But Mr Ephson stood his ground, noting that "there are other names that I don't want to drag in."

Former Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen has however refuted the claims that he had the support of former President Kufuor during the said period.

According to Mr Kyerematen, in 2007, former President John Agyekum Kufuor made it clear that he would not support Alan's bid for the party's flagbearership.

Alan Kyerematen made this revelation in an interview with Bernard Avle, the General Manager of Citi News, on Tuesday, September 26, 2023. He was responding to a question about whether he was a favourite of Kufuor, who appointed him as an ambassador and a trade minister.Mr. Kyerematen said that he informed President Kufuor of his intention to contest for the NPP flagbearership in 2007, but he was advised to wait and focus on his work as the Trade Minister."In 2005, all the people who eventually contested, they had started doing underground moves and operations. I had made up my mind at that time, post-2004, 2005, that I would contest. When I went to him to inform him that I have an interest and that my other colleagues have started moves under cover, if he sees that I'm also operating, he should not be surprised about that. His advice to me was, 'Wait, do your work. If people feel that you are the right person, they themselves would promote you," he said.

"[President Kufuor] said, if there are any people that I will support, there are four people: Nana Akufo-Addo - he was the first person he mentioned, Aliu Mahama, Papa Owusu Ankomah and then yourself. Any of you, if you win, bless my soul. I'll be happy.' So, it was on that basis that we all carried on," Alan told Bernard Avle.