The point is, do we need deputy ministers at all? There are many technical experts in the various ministries that can keep the ministry going. The minister's job is a purely political one to ensure that the ministry operates ... read full comment
The point is, do we need deputy ministers at all? There are many technical experts in the various ministries that can keep the ministry going. The minister's job is a purely political one to ensure that the ministry operates in line with govt policies. The minister is not a CEO. He does not need a deputy since there are many senior civil servants in the ministry who can do a deputy minister's duties without drawing a ministerial salary.
Ghana does not need deputy ministers for every ministry. I live in a country that is run well, has one of the highest standards of living in the world, and gives a lot of financial aid to Ghana. But this country does not have deputy ministers!
usless thief criminal jm 11 years ago
ADANI SAY IT AGAIN,WE DONT NEED,WE NEED OUR GOLD,OIL,WOYOMESAGA MONEY BACK,PERIOD SHAME,SAD,
ADANI SAY IT AGAIN,WE DONT NEED,WE NEED OUR GOLD,OIL,WOYOMESAGA MONEY BACK,PERIOD SHAME,SAD,
John 11 years ago
Andani you are right,why do we keep on pushing political hangers-on to head people who are knowledgeable and more exposed than them?Is it not a waste of the national expenditure?What sort of support and respect would these te ... read full comment
Andani you are right,why do we keep on pushing political hangers-on to head people who are knowledgeable and more exposed than them?Is it not a waste of the national expenditure?What sort of support and respect would these technocrats give them?These are part of our problems.
007 11 years ago
He was sent there as a long-term strategy for ndc to win the hearts and minds of Ghana's student leaders (SRC) into ndc. Go figure and watch out!
He was sent there as a long-term strategy for ndc to win the hearts and minds of Ghana's student leaders (SRC) into ndc. Go figure and watch out!
bema 11 years ago
Hm this article is quite comprehensive. As a neutral person, i would say, if the president was really chosen by the majority,then we have the right person. because i don't think the minority can be more normal than the majori ... read full comment
Hm this article is quite comprehensive. As a neutral person, i would say, if the president was really chosen by the majority,then we have the right person. because i don't think the minority can be more normal than the majority. if so then i believe in his decisions. also i do believe young people will push this nation further better( with support and advice from behind). notwithstanding, not every young person is worth it. i just hope the president is right.
Yaw Amofa 11 years ago
When you become a prez, choose your wise men,but for now allow Prez Mahama to do his job.
When you become a prez, choose your wise men,but for now allow Prez Mahama to do his job.
Akua 11 years ago
Good one. When our education system is in tatters, what can this Ablakwa do? Absolutely nothing but to serve his own selfish needs. A shame indeed!!!
Good one. When our education system is in tatters, what can this Ablakwa do? Absolutely nothing but to serve his own selfish needs. A shame indeed!!!
ASHKENAZI 11 years ago
THE PROPER FORUM FOR YOUR RESERVATIONS ON ANY NOMINEE IS THE VETTING COMMITTEE OF PARLIAMENT NOT GHANAWEB OBVIOUSLY.
THE PROPER FORUM FOR YOUR RESERVATIONS ON ANY NOMINEE IS THE VETTING COMMITTEE OF PARLIAMENT NOT GHANAWEB OBVIOUSLY.
KOLOOKO-JAPAN 11 years ago
YOU MAY NOT LIKE OKUDZETO POSITION BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT HE IS GOOD TO HOLD THAT JOB. HE IS YOUNG, DYNAMIC AND FULL OF DETERMINATION TO WORK. WE HAVE TRIED THE OLD HORSES AND THEY COULDNT PERFORM SO LETS GO WITH THE YOUNG ... read full comment
YOU MAY NOT LIKE OKUDZETO POSITION BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT HE IS GOOD TO HOLD THAT JOB. HE IS YOUNG, DYNAMIC AND FULL OF DETERMINATION TO WORK. WE HAVE TRIED THE OLD HORSES AND THEY COULDNT PERFORM SO LETS GO WITH THE YOUNG ONES
Wahid 11 years ago
My good brother, I do not normally have time to commend on stories but your analysis compelled me to do so. You started so nicely and I thought you were going to do some objective analysis but I was disappointed when I read t ... read full comment
My good brother, I do not normally have time to commend on stories but your analysis compelled me to do so. You started so nicely and I thought you were going to do some objective analysis but I was disappointed when I read the whole story. You never even acknowledge the fact that the substantive Minister herself is someone who has vast experience in education, exposing your ignorance about what the president is doing for the education sector. Again, the last part of your story exposes you as having your own motive in your so-called concern. If you were an objective analyst you would have indicated the fact that the Hon. Ablakwa excelled in his position as Dep. Information Minister, and that it is about his hard work that people who favor his current appointment refer to. You should understand that such a hard working fellow will learn very fast from that experienced woman and will assist her through his hard work for the education sector to achieve the needed result.
alfred 11 years ago
oh mahama, ablakwa @ education?????with all our current education problems
oh mahama, ablakwa @ education?????with all our current education problems
DO THE RIGHT THING 11 years ago
Can we give the President some break to enable him concentrate on his job. Let me take this opportunity to remind readers of this article that seeing things from the top is different from seeing the same things from the bott ... read full comment
Can we give the President some break to enable him concentrate on his job. Let me take this opportunity to remind readers of this article that seeing things from the top is different from seeing the same things from the bottom. Leave John Dramani Mahama alone "detractors".
luciano 11 years ago
I completely disagree with the writer.He pretends to be objective and actuated by good motive for his write up and observation but you can tell that he meant ill.The Education ministry have as its head a former Chancellor of ... read full comment
I completely disagree with the writer.He pretends to be objective and actuated by good motive for his write up and observation but you can tell that he meant ill.The Education ministry have as its head a former Chancellor of a university well experience in both academic and the administrative sectors of the ministry.So the choice of Okudjeto a former student leader with dynamism and drive makes it a dream team.Whilst The substantive minister is popular with the teachers and lecturers her deputy is popular with the student force in the country so the balance is just right.
This writer to my mind is one of those in the npp who see the dynamism, drive and hard work of the Okudjeto kind who are good at delivering the message in a way that is understood and with the correct impact as impediments.So their strategy is to do away with them by denigration and to plant in the mind of the ndc that these brilliant communicators with sharp minds are the ndc problem. No it is a lie it is rather fear that they will impress to the extent of thwarting their ambition and dashing their dreams.
Quashiga must be ignored because his agenda is in bad faith, it is aimed at doing harm instead of its being constructive and must be seen for what it is worth
Kwame 11 years ago
When people refer to Mr. Martin Amidu as a crack lawyer it let some of us burst into tears.
Was Martin Amidu not a member of NDC legal team that could not prevent their ministers from being imprisoned by the NPP. Is Ghana a ... read full comment
When people refer to Mr. Martin Amidu as a crack lawyer it let some of us burst into tears.
Was Martin Amidu not a member of NDC legal team that could not prevent their ministers from being imprisoned by the NPP. Is Ghana a party to the agreement which was renegaded by the Argentine government that led to the seizure of that country's war ship by Ghana (the International Court of Justice has ruled that our judges were wrong with that ruling, and by us seizing that war ship it means that we have declared war on Argentina), which means that a person or company which have the evidence that Ghana renegade on an agreement can take the issue anywhere in the world, not depending on it that parliament did not ratify the agreement. The irrational actions of Martin Amidu has caused this country financial cost and will continue to affect the purse of the country.
Kwesi Agbenu 11 years ago
I am excited that an EWE koshie Quarshigah is kicking against this thoughtless appointment of Ablakwa Okujeto by the careless president. An EWE has seen wrongs, mistakes in an appointment of his fellow EWE. So there is objec ... read full comment
I am excited that an EWE koshie Quarshigah is kicking against this thoughtless appointment of Ablakwa Okujeto by the careless president. An EWE has seen wrongs, mistakes in an appointment of his fellow EWE. So there is objectivity in Ghana after all
SALOME 11 years ago
Has a discreditted academic credentials that does not inspire the Youth. Too inexperienced for the Education Ministry
Has a discreditted academic credentials that does not inspire the Youth. Too inexperienced for the Education Ministry
SUMBRUNGU 11 years ago
You take a very simplistic view of appointments and seem not to understand why in appointments certain persons may be preferred over others by the appointing authority even though those so appointed may not even be as compete ... read full comment
You take a very simplistic view of appointments and seem not to understand why in appointments certain persons may be preferred over others by the appointing authority even though those so appointed may not even be as competent. Well if it took competence or expertise alone to win elections, i bet our president should've been Prof. Kwabena Frimpong or Spio Garbrah. Nor is it sufficient to be a dove only for in that case, Hon Osei or the current vice pee would've made perfect leaders. John Mahama needed the good and the ugly to win and once in power, he'll need them to steer the ship. Ablakwa's combativeness and sharp mind played no mean role in bringing the elepahant to its kneels. Why then should he be discarded on purely whimsical reasons.
Kobina 11 years ago
Much as I agree with you on this, I also strongly think Felix Kwakye-Ofosu is equally unqualified to be made the Deputy Minister for Information. I see his appointment as a "reward" for his hard stance on the opposition and h ... read full comment
Much as I agree with you on this, I also strongly think Felix Kwakye-Ofosu is equally unqualified to be made the Deputy Minister for Information. I see his appointment as a "reward" for his hard stance on the opposition and how he has managed to throw dust into people's eyes in respect of how he run down the dignity of Nana Akuffo Addo. As if he was tasked solely to run down the opposition and its flagbearer, this young man seems to have won the applause of his bidders, hence his reward or handshake. I know for sure as past student colleague that Felix failed his final undergraduate exams at KNUST in 2008 and therefore he could not graduate with his 2004-2008 colleagues. He therefore had to enter the fith year in 2009 as academic regulation demands to repeat whichever course he failed between 2004 and 2008 and luckily for him he barely made the mark and was finally graduated in 2009. Then he served his National Service presumably, up to August 2010. He is immediately awarded a scholarship by his bidders to go and study a course in Oil and Gas at the postgraduate level, at which university I do not know. He may have come back to Ghana in 2011, I suppose, if the programme is a one year (12 months)taught course plus a dissertation, for example. Soon after arrival he is made a member of the so-called government's communication team with a "hidden agenda" to specifically run down the opposition, which he did, and today, many people in Ghana refers to him as the disrespectful young man who talks as if there is no elderly person in his home! Yes, may be true! After all, his "biological"father
is still in dispute and he has never clarified the air himself! So folks you see, how can somebody with no qualification in Communication, someone who has not even worked as a regular employee within the private or public sector, someone who spent only about 15 months or so after graduation in oil and gas, a field quite irrelevant to his ministerial appointment, which he also never applied upon his return, be appointed to such a vital ministry of the state? The appointment is purely a "handshake" appointment, and that is the real truth. Don't we deserve better, as a nation? How can such inexperienced person be appointed to such position, by-passing all those who have the expertise? That is Ghana for you. As for Ablakwa, note that his appointment is strategic! Just to enable him infiltrate the student ranks at the tertiary level in particular, to recruit young people, particularly, student leaders into the NDC. I can bet my last pesewa on that! Have you forgotten his role in time past on some campuses during election of SRC members? Now he will have a field day to do whatever he likes! After all, he is the Deputy Minister for Education and has the right to enter any campus to execute his diabolical plans. But God is watching him indeed! May the Good Lord have mercy on Ghana, for we are just like a ship without a rudder!
lucas 11 years ago
It is unfortunate to assume that experience in the public or private sector is a necessary criteria for political appointment.If that yard stick were applied we may not have brilliant leaders like David Cameron and his Chance ... read full comment
It is unfortunate to assume that experience in the public or private sector is a necessary criteria for political appointment.If that yard stick were applied we may not have brilliant leaders like David Cameron and his Chancellor of the exchequer George Osborn who came straight from university to the House of commons. Of course other than saying that Kwakye repeated his final exam,he subsequently made the grade and even more a masters.The good thing with these guys is that on the ground they showed their mettle.They were very brilliant debaters and with sharp brains which confounded the npp communication machinery and in fact wiped the floor with them.Where I agree with you though is that these brilliant young brains helped to win the ndc the elections.The test of a good pilot is determined by one's performance in storm and tempest.These guys have won their badge on merit and therefore deserve their posts.
YAM 11 years ago
Mr writer if you can't spell don't write. lay the facts for his selection and stop this. for your info the she prof minister is cool and mahama knew teachers will go on strike and needed someone who can insult but he is cool ... read full comment
Mr writer if you can't spell don't write. lay the facts for his selection and stop this. for your info the she prof minister is cool and mahama knew teachers will go on strike and needed someone who can insult but he is cool waiting to be vetted
The point is, do we need deputy ministers at all? There are many technical experts in the various ministries that can keep the ministry going. The minister's job is a purely political one to ensure that the ministry operates ...
read full comment
ADANI SAY IT AGAIN,WE DONT NEED,WE NEED OUR GOLD,OIL,WOYOMESAGA MONEY BACK,PERIOD SHAME,SAD,
Andani you are right,why do we keep on pushing political hangers-on to head people who are knowledgeable and more exposed than them?Is it not a waste of the national expenditure?What sort of support and respect would these te ...
read full comment
He was sent there as a long-term strategy for ndc to win the hearts and minds of Ghana's student leaders (SRC) into ndc. Go figure and watch out!
Hm this article is quite comprehensive. As a neutral person, i would say, if the president was really chosen by the majority,then we have the right person. because i don't think the minority can be more normal than the majori ...
read full comment
When you become a prez, choose your wise men,but for now allow Prez Mahama to do his job.
Good one. When our education system is in tatters, what can this Ablakwa do? Absolutely nothing but to serve his own selfish needs. A shame indeed!!!
THE PROPER FORUM FOR YOUR RESERVATIONS ON ANY NOMINEE IS THE VETTING COMMITTEE OF PARLIAMENT NOT GHANAWEB OBVIOUSLY.
YOU MAY NOT LIKE OKUDZETO POSITION BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT HE IS GOOD TO HOLD THAT JOB. HE IS YOUNG, DYNAMIC AND FULL OF DETERMINATION TO WORK. WE HAVE TRIED THE OLD HORSES AND THEY COULDNT PERFORM SO LETS GO WITH THE YOUNG ...
read full comment
My good brother, I do not normally have time to commend on stories but your analysis compelled me to do so. You started so nicely and I thought you were going to do some objective analysis but I was disappointed when I read t ...
read full comment
oh mahama, ablakwa @ education?????with all our current education problems
Can we give the President some break to enable him concentrate on his job. Let me take this opportunity to remind readers of this article that seeing things from the top is different from seeing the same things from the bott ...
read full comment
I completely disagree with the writer.He pretends to be objective and actuated by good motive for his write up and observation but you can tell that he meant ill.The Education ministry have as its head a former Chancellor of ...
read full comment
When people refer to Mr. Martin Amidu as a crack lawyer it let some of us burst into tears.
Was Martin Amidu not a member of NDC legal team that could not prevent their ministers from being imprisoned by the NPP. Is Ghana a ...
read full comment
I am excited that an EWE koshie Quarshigah is kicking against this thoughtless appointment of Ablakwa Okujeto by the careless president. An EWE has seen wrongs, mistakes in an appointment of his fellow EWE. So there is objec ...
read full comment
Has a discreditted academic credentials that does not inspire the Youth. Too inexperienced for the Education Ministry
You take a very simplistic view of appointments and seem not to understand why in appointments certain persons may be preferred over others by the appointing authority even though those so appointed may not even be as compete ...
read full comment
Much as I agree with you on this, I also strongly think Felix Kwakye-Ofosu is equally unqualified to be made the Deputy Minister for Information. I see his appointment as a "reward" for his hard stance on the opposition and h ...
read full comment
It is unfortunate to assume that experience in the public or private sector is a necessary criteria for political appointment.If that yard stick were applied we may not have brilliant leaders like David Cameron and his Chance ...
read full comment
Mr writer if you can't spell don't write. lay the facts for his selection and stop this. for your info the she prof minister is cool and mahama knew teachers will go on strike and needed someone who can insult but he is cool ...
read full comment