Mahama’s govt to maintain lean administration

Minister of State for Government Communication, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has reaffirmed the Mahama administration’s commitment to maintaining a lean government, ensuring that presidential staff appointments remain well below the 336 recorded under Akufo-Addo’s administration.

Speaking in an interview with Bernard Avle on Channel One TV’s The Point of View, Kwakye Ofosu emphasized that the government would cap ministerial appointments at 60, challenging the necessity of the previous administration’s over 100 ministers.

“There were 333 or 336 political appointees at the presidency under Akufo-Addo. As I speak with you, there are not more than 50 at the presidency,” he stated.

He further assured that the current administration would strictly control government appointments to prevent excessive staffing.

“It will not go beyond a certain limit. It will go nowhere near the 336 we had under [former] President Akufo-Addo. There too, there’s going to be some serious cutting of numbers in order to ensure that we don’t go beyond reasonable limits.”

Kwakye Ofosu also dismissed calls for President Mahama to reconsider his decision to cap ministerial appointments at 60, insisting that the move was essential for efficient governance.