The Executive Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Museum Foundation, Japhet Aryiku, has responded to allegations that the Ghanaian government had sold or leased the W.E.B. Du Bois Centre to the foundation for 50 years. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, made the allegations, criticising the NPP government for reportedly transferring control of the center to a newly-formed private foundation with no prior experience, under a long term agreement, citinewsroom.com indicated. Japhet Aryiku refuted the claims during an interview on on August 23,2024, stating, "There have been allegations that the government has sold the place to us, the Du-Bois Foundation, but that is not true.