John Dramani Mahama, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, has reiterated his commitment to forming a government that is efficient and lean, by limiting the number of ministries to sixty.
He also made it clear that not every member of the NDC would be assigned to a position in his government; instead, some members would be chosen to lead different economic sectors.
“We will run the leanest but most efficient government under the Fourth Republic by appointing not more than 60 ministers and deputy ministers in our bid to cut down on government expenditure,” the NDC flagbearer declared at the party’s manifesto launch on Saturday, August 24, in Winneba, Central Region.
He went on to say that his administration will eliminate ministries that performed redundant tasks and combine certain ministries in order to streamline government operations.
“We shall combine specific ministries and eliminate government agencies that duplicate each other.”
