Minister in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu has criticized the previous NPP government for maintaining what he described as an unnecessarily large government size.

Addressing the media, he revealed that under the NPP, the Office of the President alone had hundreds of political appointees—a situation he says will not be repeated under President John Dramani Mahama.

“You can verify for yourself that in 2022, the NPP government had hundreds of political appointees working under the Office of the President,” he stated. According to him, this number remained unchanged in subsequent years, leading to excessive government spending.

He emphasized that President Mahama’s administration will not come anywhere close to such numbers, explaining that only a reasonable number of presidential staffers and aides will be appointed. “We can state emphatically that it will be nowhere near half of what the NPP did when they were in power,” he asserted.

Kwakye Ofosu also dismissed reports suggesting that Mahama’s government had secretly appointed additional ministers.

“The number of ministers appointed is 56. The Honorable Oppong Nkrumah has been part of the vetting process and knows this for a fact,” he said.

Stressing the economic benefits of a lean government, he explained how reducing ministerial appointments directly cuts government expenditure.

“If you reduce the number of ministers, that means fewer Land Cruisers you have to buy. We all know how expensive they are,” he noted.

He assured Ghanaians that Mahama’s government is committed to maintaining a small but effective administration focused on development rather than unnecessary expenditure.

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