The Minority in Parliament has raised concerns over President Mahama's allocation of GHS149 million to research and communications teams, arguing that this amount exceeds the budget of four ministries under President Akufo-Addo's administration.
The Minority criticized the necessity and efficiency of such expenditures, describing them as excessive budget allocations. "President Mahama is allocating GHS50 million for goods and services for the research department and Capex GHS20 million.
Office of Government Machinery, maybe a head and office assistants sitting in one office, GHS70 million," Gideon Boako, Tano North Member of Parliament, told journalists on Thursday.
He also pointed to the allocation for government communication, headed by Felix Ofosu Kwakye and deputized by Shamima Muslim, questioning the justification for such a high expenditure. "Again, we have government communication headed by Felix Ofosu Kwakye, deputized by Shamima Muslim.
