Akufo-Addo will form a lean govt in his 2nd term - Oppong Nkrumah

January 19, 2021 10:05 AM

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi has indicated that the second term of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration will be lean.

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He said President Akufo-Addo has indicated that he will reduce the government size, a shift from what happened in his first term.

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In an interview on Accra based Citi FM, the former Minister of Information said the President has heard the calls form a section of Ghanaians to reduce his appointees.

“After delivering on his first four years agenda, he now has reason to shift his play a little as he gets into his legacy term.”

“The indication I get from him [President Akufo-Addo] is that, having completed the herculean task of the first term, he is now in a position to go for a leaner team to deliver on his legacy agenda,” Mr. Oppong Nkrumah said.

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Sources close to the government have disclosed that some Ministries will be scrapped in this new term.

Some of the ministries are the Inner-City and Zongo Development Ministry, Ministry of Regional Reorganization and Development, Monitoring and Evaluation Ministry, Ministry of Planning, Ministry of Sanitation and Ministry of Aviation.