Ghana's foreign reserves low
Calls for reshuffle heightens amid economic downturn
Vice President of Imani Africa, Kofi Bentil has reiterated hi call for a reshuffle which he insists is long overdue.
Reacting to a post by Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, Bentil said the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government needed to avoid a cosmetic process but instead take concrete measures to assuage the vexed citizenry.
Gabby had put up a Facebook post on July 25 suggesting that a reshuffle was not the ultimate solution to Ghana's economic problems.
"It is as if a reshuffle will suddenly end the war in Ukraine, bring down inflation and make the cedi stronger than the dollar," Gabby stated.
Bentil commented under the post as follows: "A reshuffle will be useful even though it is too little too late at this time to prevent the mess we’re in.
"At least it will remove the constant vexation of seeing over 100 ministers running around when they’ve failed so badly.
"It will be meaningful if it leads to the removal of all failed ministers and a reduction to 30 ministers. It will be most annoying if the failures remain after all the noise of reshuffle," he added.
Calls for a reshuffle have heightened in recent months from without and within the governing New Patriotic Party.
President Akufo-Addo has yet to undertake a comprehensive reshuffle since 2017,
Read his full post below:
A reshuffle will be useful even though it is too little too late at this time to prevent the mess we’re in.
At least it will remove the constant vexation of seeing over 100 ministers running around when they’ve failed so badly.
It will be meaningful if it leads to the removal of all failed ministers and a reduction to 30 ministers.
It will be most annoying if the failures remain after all the noise of reshuffle.
Don’t add insult to injury by doing something cosmetic. Clear the stable. At least save the state some money by removing the waste of over 100 ministers, and try to save whatever shred of faith is left.
And note.
The size and massive cost of government at every level and the crazy expansion of costs to the state from ill conceived programs and phantom entities (like MIIF and Keta Port) and other non performing establishments are our problem.
We were in a mess before Ukraine war or even Covid. So focus on the solving problems and avoid propaganda.
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Akufo-Addo after a Ministerial swearing in ceremony | File photo