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PPP National Chairman, Nana Ofori Owusu says President Nana Akufo-Addo should reduce the size of his Ministers.

According to him, in a suffering economy like Ghana where the average Ghanaian finds it extremely difficult to make a living, it is incumbent on the President to cut any wastage that may further complicate the living conditions of the citizenry.

Speaking on Peace FM's morning show 'Kokrokoo', Nana Ofori Owusu wondered why the President is still entertaining over 100 Ministers in his government.

He believed the huge size of the government is a contributory factor to the hardships Ghanaians are facing.

"You can't say that we are going to have over 100 Ministers in difficult times that none of them will be touched, none of the structures will be reduced or that we won't reduce the size of government. We must reduce the size of government. You tell us that we are in difficult times and in difficult times we must take very strong measures. The measures cannot be one-way measure that citizens alone must feel the blunt end of the measure; those in government must also feel the blunt end of the measure," he stated categorically.

Sending a word of advice to the government, Nana Ofori Owusu said; "We have to be careful. We are all under serious pressure. Salaries are not going up but the effect of this thing on the average person is so serious that you can't even begin to understand how people are going through it."