Minister of State for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has vehemently denied claims that President John Dramani Mahama has appointed an astonishing 100 individuals to serve as presidential staffers.
According to Kwakye Ofosu, the actual number stands at a modest 30 staffers, significantly lower than the preceding government’s tally.
This clarification comes in response to accusations levied by Samuel Abu Jinapor, Member of Parliament for Damongo, who alleged that President Mahama had reneged on his promise to establish a lean government. Jinapor claimed that Mahama had exceeded his pledged limit of 60 ministers and had appointed over 100 staffers at the presidency.
Addressing the issue at a press conference on Friday, March 7, 2025, Kwakye Ofosu emphasized that all appointed presidential staffers had been publicly announced, thereby dispelling any notions of clandestine appointments. “Everybody who has been appointed as a presidential staffer has been named in a statement signed by me. So, currently, there are 27 presidential staffers. All of them were publicly announced, unlike in the past when we only learned of them when the president submitted a list of presidential staff to parliament.”
Kwakye Ofosu further explained that, in addition to the 27 staffers, three individuals had been appointed as directors to support specific presidential initiatives. However, he stressed that these individuals do not hold the rank of presidential staffers and are instead referred to as presidential aides. “If you add it to the list of staffers, there are just 30 people. Beyond that, no other staffers or presidential aides have been appointed,” he asserted.
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