[ 2017-03-22 ]

The president has been criticised for his 'elephant size' government

Akufo-Addo should appoint more ministers – Nhyiaeso MP defends
The Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso Kennedy
Kankam has opined that judging by the enormity of
challenges confronting the current government, he
would have appointed more ministers if he were the
President.

He also questioned what Ghana and Ghanaians
benefited from the ‘lean government’ under
previous governments.

“If I were the President I would have appointed
more ministers and deputies. What is the result of
lean government since Kwame Nkrumah as being
argued by some? I want someone to tell me the
benefits. If the so-called lean governments were
successful, would we have the problems that are
facing the country currently? We will appoint more
ministers to do the work and that is more
important than those who feel we are running a
bloated government.”

Criticism greeted President Nana Akufo-Addo’s
appointment of 110 ministers and deputies, with
some arguing that the number will put pressure on
the national purse.

But President Akufo-Addo defended his decision
saying he needed that number of ministers to help
him govern well.

However, the General Secretary of the opposition
National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu
Nketiah, has described as senseless the
justification of the president.

But buttressing the president’s position on Onua
FM morning Show ‘Yen Nsem Pa’, Kennedy Kankam
said Ghana is faced with enormous challenges in
all sectors of the economy that needed the number
and the expertise to deal with them.

“So if I hear people especially the NDC making
noise about this 110 ministers thing, then I want
to ask what have they left the country with?, Look
at the challenges even at the EPA, the transport
sector, the power issues and the rest, how do we
deal with them if we don’t have more hands?”
he asked.

The legislator told Bright Kwesi Asempa who hosted
the show that those who are arguing that the size
of the current government will have a toll on the
national treasury, “I want to tell them that, if
we don’t have the money to pay them, even if it
takes us to get blood money (Sika duro) to pay
them to fix our challenges, we will, whether they
like it or not, Nana is here to work.”

He insisted, “If we discover that the NDC has
spent all the resources, we will go for blood
money to do the work.”

Source - 3news.com

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