The Minister of Regional Reorganisation and Development, Dan Botwe, has slammed former President John Mahama for claiming that some ministries under the current administration are needless and a drain on the national purse.
Mr. Mahama at a closed door meeting with some disappointed business owners and importers in his office last month e observed that some of the ministries were needless and a drain on the national kitty citing the office of the Senior Minister as an example.
“The Senior Minister, Minister of State in the Office of Vice President, Minister of State in the Office of Senior Minister, Ministers for Procurement, Monitoring and Evaluation, Business Development, Special Initiatives, Aviation, Railway Development are all an unnecessary charge on the public purse,” he disclosed.
Reacting to the comment, the former general secretary of the ruling party said: “When the UK wanted to get out of the EU, they appointed a whole minister for that. In Ghana they would have said ‘this is jut how to get of the EU why do you need a minister’ but the UK didn’t do that, they appointed a minister. So it’s about the vision that you have.
“Did I hear a former President talk about that? It shows the limited vision he has, he doesn’t get it. In the first place he couldn’t do it. The people made representation to him he he couldn’t do it. Because the capacity to visualize it and put in place mechanism to achieve it he he didn’t have it so he couldn’t do it. His own people made appeals to him, he was not bold enough to do it,” he told the media.
Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo has justified the record number of appointees in his administration.
“We have a problem and what is the best way? It is better to have men and women capable of serving the nation’s interests and to work to grow the economy… If I succeed, you will soon find out that the brouhaha is nothing compared to the success,” he told GTV.
Source: Starrfmonline.com
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Dan botwe, old age is not making you clever. You are losing it. Tell us apart UK appointing special minister to work for BREXIT, how many ministers has the British government. He doesn't even understand that after the minister succeeds to get them out of EU he seizes to be a minister. Per your logic, you were appointed to create regions, you have finished so resign or the president should take your job from you because your work is done. The npp is losing it. They don't make sense as they use to when kuffour was the president. I think it's because their leader smokes too much weed and that has affected their way of reasoning.
My goodness! Npp leaders are junk. Mahama couldn't create regions and that makes him visionless? Amazing! I hope this gentleman knows how the creation of these six more regions have created further cost to the state. All these money could have been used to empower the district and local assemblies to facilitate their work instead of creating more regions. New logistics have to be bought for smooth running of new regions, when there are so much infrastructure deficit across the country. Many places need just bore hole others need market etc but money is wasted to create regions for votes and you talking about who doesn't have vision.
listen to the incompetent minister creating a region has ,become an achievement
Excellent response to the incompetent one! You are a son of the land.
I ADMIRE THIS MAN SO MUCH, BUT THIS ONE HE HAS GOOFED. CREATION OF NEW REGIONS IS NOT A DEVELOPMENTAL PRIORITY. IF YOU CREATE NEW REGIONS WITHOUT THE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE TO TAKE CARE OF THE MANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME WITH THAT STATUS, YOU BETTER DON'T DO IT. WHAT ABOUT THE NUMEROUS INTERCHANGES, HOSPITALS, ROADS, CHPS COMPOUNDS,SCHOOLS, MARKETS ETC THAT JOHN MAHAMA BUILT IN ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY,WHICH YOUR GOVT CANNOT COMPARE ITSELF TO?. WHY ARE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ARE ALL EXPRESSING REGRET FOR VOTING NPP IN GOVT?. DON'T EVER THINK THAT THE CREATION OF THE NEW REGIONS IS AN ACHIEVEMENT THAT WILL HELP YOUR GOVT IN THE 2020 ELECTIONS.
Excellent response to the incompetent one!