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January 24, 2025
Leader of the Minority in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has called on the President John Dramani Mahama to increase the size of his government due to the magnitude of work that is expected to be done.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament, he said the combination of ministerial portfolios will only go to burden the ministers.
He therefore called for an upward review of the 60-ministers pledge by President Mahama for the better running of government.
“When we make mistakes, let’s admit them and apologize. Sixty ministers will not help your political cause. If I were to advise Mr. President, I would say, Mr. President, you can apologize to Ghanaians and say, ‘Look, I underestimated the thing. I think I need to engage more ministers.”
He argued that not much cost savings is achieved when ministries are merged while the same numbers of civil servants are maintained except to say that it rather creates operational inefficiencies.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com