The Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Ofosu Kwakye, has told Parliament that there are currently fewer than 60 presidential staffers working at the Presidency, alongside fewer than 60 Ministers and Deputy Ministers.
According to Felix Ofosu Kwakye, the President is committed to cutting frivolous expenditure.
He insists that the President will uphold his promise to appoint no more than 60 Ministers and will not come close to the 337 political appointees under former President Akufo-Addo.
“If you move from 123/125 ministers to 60 ministers, Mr Speaker, that means that you are going to buy 60 less Land Cruisers. You are going to buy 60 less salon cars. You will need to provide 60 less bungalows. You will need to provide 60 less sets of political aids and research assistants and what have you. Mr Speaker, President Mahama has not limited himself to just reducing the number of ministers. In any event that I speak to you, there are only 56 ministers. And in fact, they are 42 ministers running Ghana as we speak, because deputy ministers have not been approved,” he said.
But also contributing to the debate on the floor was Former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Samuel Abu Jinapor.
He claimed that President Mahama has truly appointed less than 60 Ministers but has packed the Jubilee House with so many staffers.
