Member of Parliament from Damongo, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has expressed concern over the president's assertion that he is cutting the size of government by only choosing 60 ministers and deputy ministers.
He claims that although this action has been portrayed as an efficiency boost, the government has only moved appointments to the President's Office, leaving the taxpayer with the same financial load.
Mr Jinapor observed that the President has also increased the number of presidential advisors, staffers, and aides. "The President is praising himself for appointing 60 Ministers, but what he has failed to tell us is that he has found a smart way of making up the numbers by appointing more and more people as Presidential Advisors and Staffers," he stated in Parliament on March 5.
He was of the view that these appointees typically have the same status and privileges as ministers. "The Chief of Staff is ranked just below the Speaker of Parliament but above a Cabinet Minister.
