Former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, has questioned the rationale behind the state allocating GH¢2.7 billion to the Office of the President in the 2025 budget.
The budget, explained by the Minister for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, as covering the salaries of public sector workers whose agencies now fall under the presidency for administrative purposes, has not been well received by Anyidoho.
In a social media post on March 15, 2025, Anyidoho questioned, "Which state workers?
Have these state workers not already been captured on the payroll of the Controller & Accountant General's Department (CAGD) for years?