Some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to do a ministerial reshuffle to help inject what they describe as fresh energy into the administration.
In late June 2022, speculation was rife that the President was going to do a reshuffle on his return from the 15th Edition of the European Development Days (EDD) Forum in Brussels, Belgium and the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, Rwanda, but that did not happen.
On Monday (August 1, 2022), a pressure group within the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), the Alliance For Footsoldiers Advocacy (AFFA), in a press statement appealed to President Akufo-Addo to reshuffle his ministers as a matter of urgency.
According to the group, the appeal was a passionate one to President Akufo-Addo to shake up his government and reshuffle his appointees (particularly non-performing Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives as well as some CEOs of some state institutions) to pave way for more competent and selfless hands to bring their expertise to bear on his administration.
The group, in a statement signed by the Executive Secretary, D.T. Adomako, said the ministers of state who have almost abandoned their ministerial duties to chase presidential dreams must either be forced to resign or be fired from the government.
The group said the ministers have been tolerated for far too long, and their continuous stay in office was distracting government business, adding that it was time to show them the exit, and give opportunity to those who are ready and prepared to serve in the interest of the party and the government.
“Inarguably, the NPP is known to have the men and women, and rightly so! It cannot be the case that we have suddenly run out of human resources such that we are compelled to maintain the same old crop of appointees for six years. Ghanaians expect much from us and we cannot fail them. Mr. President, there is an urgent need for a shakeup in your government,” the group said.
The group, however, urged the President to listen to them and act immediately to make his government vibrant and proactive for ordinary Ghanaians to have confidence in the NPP administration.
Source: graphic.com.gh
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Why now? When the economy was booming during pre covid did anybody call for the resignation of the finance minister. The global economy has been hit hard by covid and Russia-ukraine war
Hypocrisy
Interesting , why will it take ordinary party supporters to prompt a president to reshuffle his ministers. It's just like supporters of a football team asking a coach to substitute his players . Simply put it means some of the appointees are not performing. When the very people who elected you makes a request and you decline their request, the only option left to them is to bring the whole government down. If you are no longer in power nobody will ask to to make changes, it's that simple. Almost 6 years down the line we same ministers for finance, roads, defence, interior, transport , agriculture, trade, national security, foreign affairs, communications. What fresh ideas can these people bring to the ministries. No wonder they have become thin gods doing what pleases them as and when they like. These same party supporters kicked against the reappointment of some MMDCEs , the president failed to heed to their request forgetting that the power to confirm these MMDCEs is in the the hands of the assembly members, no wonder a sizable number of them lost even after some were reappointed after earlier failing to get the required 2/3rds majority. The power of the people is stronger than the poeople in power. Those in power can do what ever pleases them, on December 7, we also do what pleases us, it's that simple.
This calling of the Ghana President to reschuffle his ministers is an old age story. And why is the president Nana Akufo-Addo not listening to this urgent suggestions from Ghanaians?? Its not a new saga to talk about it. Various groups and concerned ghanaians have raised their voices appealing to the President of the Republic to reshuffle his ministers and the Economic Team. For not taking necessary steps to act upon that the President is causing more harm to the country and to Ghanaians. Most of your ministers are not peerforming. The economic policies of your finance minister has brough nothing but hardship for Ghanaians. And if the President continues to maintain this unperformed ministers, the only option, I suppose will be the miliatry intervention to save the country from totally economic collapse and to liberate Ghanaians from these sufferings.