Feature by Ishmael Batoma One of the main campaign promises of President was that he was going to work with only 60 ministers, including deputy ministers.
As a first step to achieving this promise, President Mahama, two days after he took office, reduced the number of central government ministries from 30 to 23, through an Executive Instrument (E.I.), which either completely scrapped some of the existing ministries or merged them with others.
Fast forward, the president nominated 23 persons to lead his 23 ministries, some of whom have been approved.
The president also nominated 16 people as regional ministers and four (4) people as Ministers of State.
