Reshuffle: Bloated government defeats Bawumia’s promise of 50 ministers – NDC

General Secretary for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Kwetey, is of the view that the latest reshuffle by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was not reflective of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer's promise to run a lean government.

The largest opposition party believes that the current reshuffle and the bloated number of ministers indicate that the current government is disconnected from the realities of the people of Ghana.

"Despite the vociferous appeals from Ghanaians, civil society, clergy, academics, and think tanks to trim the bloated size of the government, a glaring drain on our nation's scarce resources, this administration has once again turned deaf.

"The insistence on maintaining a government apparatus comprising so many ministers is not only a slap on the face of the Ghanaian but is a testament to an entrenched culture of profligacy, cronyism and a disturbingly myopic view of governance," Kwetey said at a press conference on February 14.

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on February 14, 2024, reshuffled ministers and brought in new hands to better the fortunes of Ghanaians.

It is expected that the new set of last-minute ministers will be able to cause the needed change in Ghana's economy.