News:
November 29, 2018
Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said the Minority would continue to put pressure on government to reduce the huge number of Presidential staffers.
According to the Ranking member of Foreign Affairs Committee, he is glad that the budget debate is not over and the estimates had not yet been approved, “there is still window of opportunity to correct the wrong”.
“We are going to continue the campaign, form a coalition to mobilize civil society groups to bring pressure to bear on government to amend the huge number of staffers of personnel’s working with government machinery”, he lamented.
He further added that whiles Ghanaians were not happy with the nine hundred and ninety-eight (998) in 2017, going forward government has increased the figure to one thousand six hundred and fourteen (1,614).
Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa made this remarks during question time at a press conference when ghanamps.com sought to know actions that they indicated in their press conference they would be taking to ensure that the huge numbers working with government machinery is reduced to save the taxpayer.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com