Professor Ransford Gyampo Professor Ransford Gyampo says the reduced number of 85 Ministers to serve in President Akufo-Addo’s second term is still too high for a country like Ghana.
According to the University of Ghana lecturer, a maximum of 40 Ministers will be ideal for Ghana considering the country’s scarce resources.
“In terms of size of government, an optimum size of 40 would have been felt by all as a drastic response. But it is rumored that the size of government in the next administration is likely to hover around 85. This to my mind, is still big. President J.A. Kuffour vehemently criticized President Jerry Rawlings for appointing 82 Ministers in the lead up to the 2000 elections. But when he (Kufuor) became President, he appointed 88 ministers. President Atta Mills downsized the government to 75 Ministers and we still criticized him.
Professor Ransford Gyampo, a senior political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, has said President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's ministerial appointees still too high for Ghana.
Downsize ministers to 40; scrap Information Ministry, Sanitation Ministry, others Prof Gyampo
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University of Ghana lecturer, Professor Ransford Yaw Gyampo has urged President Akufo-Addo to scrap Ministry of Information, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Sanitation and Water Resources, and a few others in his second term.
On Thursday, January 21, 2021, the President in a letter to Parliament presented a list of Ministers he wants to work with in his second term.
In comparison to ministers appointed in his first term, there are rumours that the President wil cap his ministers at 85 as against the 110 in his first term.
The President released the official list of his ministers designate on the evening of Thursday, January 21, 2021, awaiting parliamentary vetting and approval.
One of the things that stood out in the list was the inclusion of Joseph Makubu, a physically challenged man and a trained teacher.
He is reported to have been a loyal New Patriotic Party (NPP) member for many years and has served in various capacities at the regional level where he is said to be the current secretary. President Akufo-Addo appoints physically challenged teacher as Oti regional minister
It is believed that Makubu s hard work within the party despite his disability has earned him this appointment in Akufo-Addo s second term.
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