Professor Ransford Gyampo Professor Ransford Gyampo says the reduced number of 85 Ministers to serve in President Akufo-Addo’s second term is still too high for a country like Ghana.
According to the University of Ghana lecturer, a maximum of 40 Ministers will be ideal for Ghana considering the country’s scarce resources.
“In terms of size of government, an optimum size of 40 would have been felt by all as a drastic response. But it is rumored that the size of government in the next administration is likely to hover around 85. This to my mind, is still big. President J.A. Kuffour vehemently criticized President Jerry Rawlings for appointing 82 Ministers in the lead up to the 2000 elections. But when he (Kufuor) became President, he appointed 88 ministers. President Atta Mills downsized the government to 75 Ministers and we still criticized him.