Former Deputy Minister of Education, Reverend John Ntim Fordjour
The Member of Parliament for Assin South and Ranking Member on the Defence and Interior Committee, Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, has provided his version of the facts regarding his reported walkout during his appearance as a guest on the Saturday, April 5, 2025 edition of Joy Newsfile.
According to the MP, contrary to claims by the host, Samson Ayenini, and the Acting Managing Director of the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC), Sammy Gyamfi, he only exited the set after the segment he was scheduled to appear on had ended.
“I never walked out of Newsfile, contrary to what Samson Ayenini and Sammy Gyamfi put out. I was billed for only a particular segment and was told another panelist was scheduled to take over after my segment,” he wrote in an X post.
“I left after my segment fully concluded, and a break was taken for me to exit while my replacement walked in to take her seat. While exiting, I indicated to Samson his biased and hostile hosting. Sammy Gyamfi filmed the exit and broadcasted it falsely on his WhatsApp with claims of me walking out of the show. Samson, immediately upon resuming from the break to begin the next segment, mischievously stated I had walked out of the show because he had read disingenuous messages,” he added.
He further accused the host of harboring a prejudicial mindset against him by pronouncing him guilty even before his appearance on the show.
“Listen to what Samson said about me before I entered the studio, while I was in the studio, and conclude what he’s capable of saying when I exited. He pronounced me guilty, told me to shut up, said I was jail-bound, and made all sorts of inappropriate false pronouncements, clearly not hiding his prejudices to smear me,” he stated.
Following Ntim Fordjour’s appearance on Newsfile, he was accused of failing to withstand scrutiny and staging a walkout from the show.
In a post on his X page, sighted by GhanaWeb, the MP for Ketu North, Edem Agbana, accused Fordjour of failing to withstand tough scrutiny, claiming he left the studio after alleging that the host was embarrassing him.
He went on to criticise Fordjour for allegedly using parliamentary oversight as a cover to spread misinformation.
“Don’t hide behind parliamentary oversight to peddle falsehood again,” he stated.
But according to the Assin South MP, his reported walkout is nothing but a staged event to smear his person.
“So please disregard his claim and the false video of Sammy Gyamfi – it was staged, not a coincidence. I stayed through the full segment I was billed for and exited after,” he maintained.
These exchanges come on the heels of Ntim Fordjour’s recent call for an urgent briefing on the contents of two aircraft — AirMed Flight N823AM and Cavok Air Antonov An-12B, which he alleged had conveyed cocaine and cash into the country.
He has further accused the government of avoiding accountability by failing to honor his call for the briefing on these matters of national security, including the status of 12 containers filled with gold and cash, which were allegedly seized by National Security on February 9.
Additionally, he has questioned the lack of updates on recent high-profile cocaine busts worth a combined $500 million.
I never walked out of Newsfile contrary to what Samson Ayenini and Sammy Gyamfi put out. I was billed for only a particular segment and was told another panelist was billed to take over after my segment.
I left after my segment fully concluded and break was taken for me to exit… pic.twitter.com/etDMmtYQo3
— John Ntim Fordjour MP (@NtimFordjour) April 6, 2025
GA/MA