Ransford Gyampo, an associate professor in the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana has expressed worry over President Akufo-Addo’s slow pace in reshuffling his appointees.
In February 2019, President Akufo-Addo announced nine changes in his government; the second reshuffle during his first term in office.
Gyampo believes the president’ inability to bring on board fresh hands and expertise is robbing the country of the needed development.
“The president’s inability to undertake a major reshuffle of his ministers has palpably denied Ghana of the brains, talents and expertise that could have been tapped for national development. Are these the only men? This precedent isn’t worth emulating!,” Gyampo posted on Facebook.
Reshuffle
The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, last year stated that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will at a point in his second-term reshuffle his ministers.
However, speaking on The Asaase Breakfast Show 19 July last year, Nkrumah said: “I am pretty sure that somewhere down the line there will be a shuffle of the president’s ministers.”
Longevity
“The other trick is that when people are given an opportunity to serve as high an office as some of these offices, you want to give them opportunity to have command over their schedules, because it takes a while to learn and take control.
“I think we have seen the President do some limited reshuffles in his first term based on his feedback from what we have done, where ministers report and then the monitoring and evaluation department gets to juxtapose your reports with what they have found out on the ground about how much you are delivering… between those two, the president will do the reshuffles that are necessary as and when they become necessary,” Nkrumah.
Listen to Kojo Oppong Nkrumah in the attached audio below:
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