{"id":13738,"date":"2017-03-18T19:24:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T19:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=13738"},"modified":"2017-03-18T19:24:21","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T19:24:21","slug":"ghanas-president-appoints-110-ministers-defends-the-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=13738","title":{"rendered":"Ghana&#8217;s President appoints 110 Ministers, defends the move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a huge public outcry in <span id=\"IL_AD9\" class=\"IL_AD\">Ghana<\/span> after the country\u2019s new president, Nana Akufo Addo named 110 ministers, the biggest size of government in the West <span id=\"IL_AD5\" class=\"IL_AD\">African<\/span> nation\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>The government has defended the large numbers by announcing that the president has only appointed competent individuals to help him fix the country\u2019s <span id=\"IL_AD6\" class=\"IL_AD\">development<\/span> challenges.<\/p>\n<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Minister of <span id=\"IL_AD4\" class=\"IL_AD\">Information<\/span>, Mustapha Hamid told a news <span id=\"IL_AD12\" class=\"IL_AD\">conference<\/span> in Accra on Wednesday that; \u201cNowhere did we ever promise a <span id=\"IL_AD1\" class=\"IL_AD\">lean<\/span> government because in our view it is not the leanness or bigness of a government that determines its output or its ultimate performance<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=12679&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mustapha further said that, \u201cWe have had in the history of this country governments that are smaller that have landed this country in bigger debts and bigger mess than governments that have had bigger ministers,\u201d<\/p>\n<p><code><a href=\"http:\/\/market.jumia.com.ng\/computers-laptops-gaming\/?utm_source=pap&amp;utm_medium=aff&amp;utm_campaign=3e86477b&amp;a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=3e86477b\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/accounts\/default1\/a72f75b38\/3e86477b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/scripts\/a72f75i38?a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=3e86477b\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Most of those appointed to serve in the new government are Members of Parliament, something that worries many who believe the <span id=\"IL_AD2\" class=\"IL_AD\">legislature<\/span> will be weakened by this move.<\/p>\n<p>Civil society groups are equally unhappy with the government size. The founding president of IMANI <span id=\"IL_AD8\" class=\"IL_AD\">Africa<\/span>, Franklin Cudjoe, told local based Starr Fm that the <span id=\"IL_AD10\" class=\"IL_AD\">appointment<\/span> \u201cdoesn\u2019t make sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ghan-MMAP-md.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13739\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ghan-MMAP-md-300x212.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ghan-MMAP-md-300x212.png 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ghan-MMAP-md-768x543.png 768w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ghan-MMAP-md-1024x725.png 1024w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ghan-MMAP-md.png 1036w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Cudjoe said the huge numbers will drain state <span id=\"IL_AD7\" class=\"IL_AD\">funds<\/span> by way of <span id=\"IL_AD3\" class=\"IL_AD\">salaries<\/span>. \u00a0\u201cOther African countries are doing the same and I thought we were making progress\u2026 I\u2019m quite disappointed\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has also criticized the size of the government. The previous government under the former president, John Mahama had less than 90 ministerial portfolios.<\/p>\n<p class=\" IL_IC_MIN\">GLTrend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a huge public outcry in Ghana after the country\u2019s new president, Nana Akufo Addo named 110 ministers, the biggest size of government in the West African nation\u2019s history. The government has defended the large numbers by announcing that the president has only appointed competent individuals to help him fix the country\u2019s development challenges. 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