The ruling government seems to be having a hard time justifying the high number of staff at the presidency.
It would be recalled that the New Patriotic Party, then in oppsition, raised hell over the Mahama administration's presentation of a list of 678 staff to Parliament in 2013.
They described it as 'wasteful' and 'unnecessary'.
In a surprising turn of events, the ruling Akufo-Addo government on Friday, 20th April, 2018, submitted a total number of 998 workers to Parliament.
There are 706 Employees of Public Sector Organisations, 27 Presidential Staffers, 256 Junior Appointees and 9 Ministers of State.
This figure has been strongly condemned based on history and the fact that the ruling government has already appointed 110 ministers.
Speaking to this issue, Kweku Baako, the Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper feels the debate is needless.
According to him, even though the number is record high, the brouhaha is not important.
“Numerically, Nana Akufo-Addo 998 is the highest…but the debate is needless” he said on Joy FM's Newsfile, Saturday, re-echoing similar comments he (Baako) passed when the NDC was in power and the opposition NPP took them on for having over 600 staff at the Presidency.
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998 what the hell are all this people doing God have mercy on us
Kwaku Baako admits the number is high, but doesn't think it should be queried or debated. Is this man correct ?
Kweku Baako, the NPP's master damage control in action. Where were you K Baako when NPP was saying Mahama's Govt was family and friends, Akuffo Addo has surpassed Mahama with family, friends and concubines. If this double salary issue was against K. Baako's darling NPP, he would have asked Ghanaians to blame institutions. Debate needless now, where were you when NPP's Akomea, Dr Amoako Baah etc were attacking Mahama on same issue. What hypocrisy is this. Don't blame Kweku but the NDC
Kwaku in all honesty your comment is needless and childish. If this were to be the other way round, Ghana would have being an unsafe country to leave. Hell NO Akuffo Addo is wickedddddd. Protecting public purse indeeeed