A lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof. Ransford Gyampo has questioned the size of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s government.
According to him, the government is too large for a small country such as Ghana.
President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed 110 ministers in total, making his government the biggest in the Fourth Republic. The previous NPP government led by former President John Kufuor had 88 ministers while the Mills administration that succeeded it had 69 ministerial appointees. The Mahama administration, however, had 78 ministerial appointments.
The appointments have been met with mixed reaction from the public. Whereas some believe the size does not matter but results is what is most important, others are of the view that the appointees will be a drain on state coffers.
Speaking to Kasapa News, Prof. Gyampo said the fact that someone campaigned or helped a political party in diverse ways to win an election, does not necessarily mean the person must be rewarded by being appointed to a political office.
“If we don’t take care we’ll end up appointing majority of Ghanaians as ministers because those who worked and voted for the NPP to win the last elections are many. The number of appointees are to much, this is the biggest government in the history of Ghana’s Fourth Republic.”
He added: “Why can’t we run the country like the private sector running a business. Private sector is always competent and efficient but uses few people to do the job which produces a lot of successes, but the situation changes when it comes to government. I heard the Information Minister providing an incompetent explanation and justification for the large number of ministers, I was so dissapointed. for it…he saying NPP never promised a lean government, but wants a big government? All over the world countries that want to develop, work with a lean government made up of people who are competent.”
Prof. Gyampo noted that Civil servants who are the administrative machinery of the state are the ones who do the real work and not ministers, adding that if civil servant were to deliver on their mandate there may not be the need for the appointment of ministers.
Source: kasapafmonline.com
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it's good that you see how incompetency you and your party are just with eight years that your came into power you manage to destroy everything you touch, and somebody has come to solve the problem with competent ministers you shouting Some of you who will survive to be clean from corruption to come back to Parliament I will advise you to study good governance from Nana Addo this man who has a team and they understand what they are doing even non-economist can read into their lay down plan. A word to a wise is enough.
EEEIIIIIIIIISHHH GHANA PEOPLE. WE'RE DOOMED PAAAAAAAAAAAA
PROF. GYAMPO, WHY DO YOU HATE NANA AKUFO ADDO LIKE THIS.? NOW IT IS BECOMING CLEAR TO ALL AND SUNDRY THAT YOU CRITICISE OUT OF HATRED FOR THE PRESIDENT AND HIS PARTY. NDC PROFESSOR EEE YOU HAVE BEEN EXPOSED.
incompetent professor!, why did you refused to talk about the size of parliament as well?. the size of government does not matter if you can deliver. go to the N block at the university of ghana and you will see the students cannot even fit into the lecture hall and you say wetin. radio has become cheap and so any ***barred word*** can just get up and say anything. is the size of kenkey today the same as when Atta mills was in power?. please please leave the president alone and wait till 2020. N-onsense
Someone should ask that professor for me that even @ the university that he lectures how many people form the administration? the problem of Ghana now has to do with corruption but not the size of the government. If the size is big and they are not going to be corrupt but work to the betterment of the country, why should we cry? It is better to have competent many than incompetent few!!!
But how do you expect the new president to do same things as his predecessors and expect a different results? That is the Black Mentality; full of F00OLISHNESS. Well for your information; in order to get different results you must do things differently. Nana Addo is the president, leave him to do his job and ask for accountability when his time comes. I'm not saying we shouldn't criticise but why this time? It is his strategy and what we seek to find is results. So stop your F00OLISH talks and let the competent man work for the better of Ghana. if you think you know Better go and campaign and become the president. Until then stop behaving like uncivilised individuals even though you are. GET SOME BRAINS
Bawumia must resignor or he should apolgise to the people of ghana for his incompetent government to do the opposite all that they preached to the people against the previous administration. what a disgrace. look at the way he has grown fat within two months. these people are thiefs
Man what are you trying to say or write. Please come again because I don't understand your comment!!!!
Well said Professor. Not everybody who helped must be appointed. Nana the side is too much. In the person of Adwoa Sarfoaa n co no need.
Akuffo Addo appointing families and friends for the job that is why so many ministers leaving those who work tirelessly for the party to come to power ,e.g., somebody like Hon. Francis Addai Nimoh, bcos he nana Addo is saying that the Hon.has contested him, that is wickedness. GOD is watching you nana Addo