Dr. Benjamin Otchere-Ankrah, Governance lecturer at the Central University, has expressed shock at President Nana Akufo-Addo's appointment of three Deputy Ministers to a Ministry.
President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday released a list of his Deputy Ministers-designate to assist the Ministers in various Ministries.
The Ministries of Trade, Energy and Local Government, Decentralization & Rural Dev't, Trade & Industry, as well as Energy, have 3 deputy ministers each.
The nominees are however, yet to be vetted and approved by the Appointments Committee in Parliament.
Speaking to host Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM's ''Kokrokoo'', Dr. Otchere-Ankrah believed three (3) is a crowd, and a Ministry should have Deputy Ministers not exceeding two.
''I disagree with the President on his three Deputy Ministers for three Ministries. I think two would have sufficed," he opined.
Although disagreeing with the President's decision to nominate 3 persons as Deputy ministers-designate, he however advised the nominees to execute their duties effectively, when approved by the Appointments Committee in Parliament.
He asked them not to forget their mandate when they get to their various Ministries.
Dr. Otchere-Ankrah also called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to periodically reshuffle his Ministers and Deputy Ministers for efficient performance.
''One thing that the President falls short of is reshuffle; he should, this time, undertake periodic reshuffle'', he said.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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I think, one should rather be interested to know what informed the President's decision to make those appointments than just criticize it. Quite often, we jump to discredit certain actions without knowing the underlining factors that informed the decisions. The president has a vision which he wants to accomplish within specific timelines. Given the mandatory four-year term, you are already fixed to get policies and projects accomplished to a level which should be meaningful, if even they are to be continued by your successor at all. Hence, the projects have to be policy conformed especially when they are transformative, and a visionary like Nana, our President. Indeed, to transform the colonial economic structures, into a modern-day industrialization, you need to have the fundamental factors right.
Why are you shocked? Everything you people will have something to say about it. You these so-called experts.