Former president, John Dramani Mahama has pledged to appoint only 60 or fewer ministers to lead his administration when he gets re-elected as president of Ghana.
He stressed that the current administration had wrecked the nation by employing over 86 ministers and their deputies, which is costly for the country.
Whilst visiting the Western Region’s Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira Constituency, former President Mahama made the commitment while discussing recent appointments made by President Nana Akufo-Addo.
His mission to gather support for leading the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the elections of 2024 includes the visit.
The Akufo-Addo-led government recently appointed Kobina Tahir Hammond as the Minister for Trade and Industry, Bryan Acheampong as the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Stephen Asamoah Boateng as the Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam as the Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance, Osei Bonsu Amoah as the Minister of State at the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralization, and Rural Development, and Dr.
The 275 constituencies in the nation will hold the NDC’s primaries on Saturday, May 13, for both the flagbearer and parliamentary candidates.
“Looking at how the government has ruined the country when NDC comes, we shall manage the country with not more than 60 ministers in order to reduce government expenditure,” Mr. Mahama said in Twi.
He continued by saying that excessive travel by government appointees would be curbed because the government needed to be forgiving of the Ghanaian people.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
