Osei Bonsu Amoah, who will be the next Minister of State for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, says President Akufo-Addo has taken steps to cut spending and reduce the country's debt by getting rid of some of the ministries he created in his first term.
He said Special Development Initiatives, Regional Reorganisation, Aviation, Zongo Development and Monitoring and Evaluation are some of these ministries.
This comes after the Minority in Parliament demanded that the number of ministers be immediately reduced from 86 to 65, saying they would not support a consensus vote in the Appointments Committee, of which some of them are members.
Yesterday, when the Minister of State designate appeared before the Appointments Committee of Parliament, the NDC MPs pressed him on the issue and asked him to ask the President to reduce his government.
Response
In response, Mr O.B. Amoah said President Akufo-Addo has reduced the number of his ministers from about 126 to 85. He also said the President was not just standing by and doing nothing.