You cannot promise to work with 50 ministers and allow over 100 special aides in your office – Minority to Bawumia

The Minority in Parliament has described Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s promise to work with 50 ministers if elected as president as false.

Deputy Minority Whip Ahmed Ibrahim said we cannot take the presidential candidate of the NPP seriously when the number of officials working under Dr. Bawumia as Vice President already exceeds the number of ministers appointed by President Akufo-Addo.

Speaking at the manifesto launch in Takoradi on Sunday, August 18, Dr. Bawumia reiterated his pledge to work with only 50 ministers.

But Deputy Minority Whip Ahmed Ibrahim said, “At Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s office alone, the number of people, technical advisors, and spokespersons who are there are more than the 123 ministers that he is talking of. When you see anybody who has no official appointment and is using a V8, the person works in Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s office. And that is why the land cruisers have now become common.

“You cannot operate with 50 ministers and allow over 100 special aides in your office. That too must be worked on.”

He added, “You have collapsed the economy, and the most serious thing that I was waiting to hear from them was how we are going to deal with the challenge of servicing our debt. I didn’t hear that thing from them. It means they were not trustworthy, and they were not straightforward with Ghanaians.

“Let Ghanaians know that, look, we are not servicing our debt now. We are not paying our loans now. We have been given a period to pay in 2026. Therefore, in 2026, when we start paying our debt, this will be a hardship and challenge because we are deferring all our suffering.”