Kwakye Ofosu (L) has responded to claims by Miracles Aboagye (R)
Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has taken a swipe at NPP communicator Dennis Miracles Aboagye over claims that the Mahama administration has increased the number of presidential appointees and the cost to the state.
This follows claims by Miracles Aboagye that the current government has 808 appointees at the Presidency, despite earlier promises to limit the number to 30.
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“The current government that the Minister for Government Communications told us has only 30 appointees turns out to have 808 of them. Their cost is three times the cost of all previous governments. What a waste!!!” Aboagye wrote on Facebook on June 10, 2026.
Responding in a Facebook post on the same day, Kwakye Ofosu described Aboagye as a propagandist and argued that the figures being circulated were misleading.
“You are just an itinerant propagandist hopping from one lame propaganda to the other,” he said.
Kwakye Ofosu explained that the figure of 808 includes both political appointees and civil servants assigned to the Presidency, stressing that the civil servants were not appointed by President John Dramani Mahama.
“There are 233 political appointees at the Presidency and 575 civil servants (not appointed by President Mahama) who have been seconded to the Presidency,” he stated.
He further compared the current figures with those under the previous administration, claiming that the Akufo-Addo government had more political appointees at the Presidency.
“In 2022, you were one of 361 political appointees and 687 civil servants. In 2024, you were part of 332 political appointees at the Presidency. President Mahama has reduced the numbers which your government took to incredible and unprecedented heights,” he added.
Kwakye Ofosu also dismissed suggestions that the current administration has increased spending on presidential staff, stating that salaries and conditions of service remain unchanged.
“The political appointees at the Presidency have the same salaries and conditions as you had, which were presented to Parliament by President Akufo-Addo and approved on January 6, 2025,” he noted.
Aboagye’s comments follow the government’s presentation of its annual staffing report on the Office of the President to Parliament, which disclosed that 808 individuals were working at the Presidency as of December 31, 2025.
The report, prepared under Section 11 of the Presidential Office Act, 1993 (Act 463), outlines the composition of the workforce and provides a breakdown of personnel attached to the Presidency during the 2025 reporting period.
According to the document, the total staff strength comprises 233 political appointees and 575 public sector employees, including civil servants and officers seconded from other state institutions.
The breakdown shows that four Ministers of State were serving at the Presidency as of the end of December 2025.
It also lists 39 officials designated as Presidential Staffers, while 190 individuals are categorised as other political appointees working within the Office of the President.
See list of presidential appointees and their positions
Beyond political appointees, the report highlights personnel drawn from various public sector agencies, including the Ghana Health Service, Controller and Accountant-General’s Department, Ghana Audit Service, Department of Parks and Gardens, Public Works Department (Prestige), and the Ghana Post Company, among others.
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