AFAG lauds Nana Addo’s appointment of youth in government

Pressure group, Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) has lauded President-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo for appointing the youth to serve in his administration.

AFAG in a statement urged Nana Addo to include the youth in his administration after describing his recent appointment as excellent.

"AFAG appreciate the quality of appointments made so far by President-Elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. As an institution that cherishes good governance, we are impressed with the brilliant men and women of substance that would be manning the office of the president," AFAG said.

However, the appointment of young people by Nana Addo has been criticised by the the outgoing Deputy Minister of Communications, Felix Ofosu-Kwakye.

According to him, "It is unfortunate that when President Mills and President Mahama gave opportunities to young persons to contribute to national development persons in the opposition and some surrogates of theirs [NPP] sought to bastardize them and did not allow them the opportunity to make that contribution."

But AFAG believes the appointments by the President-elect cherishes good governance

Below is AFAG’s full statement:

1st Female Chief of Staff and Youth Inclusion Excellent

AFAG appreciate the quality of appointments made so far by President-Elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. As an institution that cherishes good governance, we are impressed with the brilliant men and women of substance that would be manning the office of the president.

The appointment of the first female Chief of Staff is laudable and it deserves commendation of the highest esteem. Also, the inclusion of vibrant and result orientated youth who distinguished themselves in service to the nation should also be celebrated. These sharp young minds must be properly nurtured by the best senior citizens to ensure the continuity of the moral fiber of our Ghanaian society.

AFAG urge the President-Elect and the appointing authority to look within the pool of the NPP to ensure that young people of excellent standard and virtue that form a sizeable number of the human resource at the nation's disposal are identified nurtured.