Former Deputy Communications Minister, Felix Kwakye Ofosu has condemned President Akufo-Addo’s “frivolous” staff at the Jubilee House, and wants Ghanaians to rise up before it would be too late.
Commenting on the list of 998 staff released by President Akufo-Addo as workers at the seat of government on 3FM’s News Hour Friday, Kwakye Ofosu minced no words calling the list “totally outrageous, totally unjustifiable”.
“In all honesty, the president has done a terrible deed by appointing all these number of people. He is deliberately wasting taxpayers’ money, and all of us as Ghanaians must rise up and question his conduct, and not allow him to run this country aground before we express regret at a later date, when it would be too late.”
The former deputy minister accused the president of constituting a government full of family and friends.
“This is the president who appears only interested in enhancing the fortunes of his relatives, family and friends and members of the NPP. It appears to me that the victory that he chalked in 2016 was a personal triumph to do what he pleases as president; it was never about the people, otherwise he would not be conducting himself like he is doing,” Kwakye Ofosu commented.
In his assessment, the 998 in addition to the over 100 ministers and deputies appointed last year, shows that President Akufo-Addo “has no respect for the people of this country”.
He was amused that the NPP government whilst in opposition criticised the 678 presidential staffers and civil staffers under former President Mahama, but has failed to maintain the number if it cannot reduce it.
He said the government is dissipating the taxpayers money “for greater comfort of NPP who are not adding any significant improvement in the lives of Ghanaians”.
kwakye Ofosu was also shocked by a secretariat established at the presidency for the construction of a national cathedral headed by Dr Paul Opoku Mensah, when the cathedral he said would be built by the private sector.
“This is a man willing to dissipate the resources of our people with reckless abundance,” he asserted, “Akufo-Addo and NPP are hypocritical”.
He also wondered if Ghana runs a monarch to have a lady-in-waiting among the list of staffers.
Source: 3news.com
Disclaimer: Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. Peacefmonline.com accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of content. Please report any inappropriate content to us, and we will evaluate it as a matter of priority. |
Yes we will rise up and retrieve all the double salaries you and your colleagues have st0len from us.
When we rise we will come for the head of your colleagues who stole our money through double salary and ex-gratia.......
Fuuulls. Even when nana addo shitts NPP followers will eat.
I wonder why NPP communicators should sit down to allow this boy who had nothing and now has 4 houses, 5 vehicles including 2 Range rovers, not counting stores and bank accounts within 8 years talk so loose and get away with it. The president created 3 ministries all under the presidency hence the number of the many people at seat of government.Come and explain to the people.
CAN SOMEBODY TELL SHORT CUT LIFE JOBLESS BOY SOMETHING PERMANENT TO DO BECAUSE MAHAMA AND NDC WILL NOT COME BACK. PERSONS LIKE HIM WHO HAD NEVER WORKED BEFORE APPOINTMENT SHOULD SHOW CAUSE TO GRA WHY THEY SHOULD NOT BE MADE TO DECLARE THE SOURCE OF INCOME OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS. SAME APPLIES TO KOFI ADAMS, ABLAKWA, KWEITEY, AND ALL THOSE SHARP TEETH EMPTY BARRELS DISTURBING OUR EARS.
Look at this idiiiooooott calling for people to rise against a competent government!
You and your father Totobi can rise. Onyer Buulubi
Apuuu. Ghanaians should rise and go where? Akufo-Addo and his ministers can spend 30% of our cash and use 70% for the good of Society whereas you and your Mahana spent every thing and could not even keep up with the statutory payments. Apuuu tor.
We will rise up and come for you and your colleagues who took double salary and double ex-gratia..... and demand our money and send you guys to prison for stealing our money...... NDC is a kriminal gang who killed others for taking loans from banks during their fuulish revolution.
We still have NDC propagandas here eeeei master.how can u say Nana is worse than Mahama this one I know where your are coming from.or should it be that now your source of getting dubious money has stop.come to ofosu kwarkey rise up to what? May be to the double salaries or ssnit soft Ware apart from this and many more bad deals from the NDC I don't know what he want.pls bow down in shame and stop making noise.