Ex-president John Kufuor has waded into the
controversy surrounding the ministerial appointments by president Akufo-Addo and
has charged critics to be measured.Mr Kufuor said the new leader was
voted for to carry out his vision of transforming the country and must be given
the free hand to appoint those he believes will fulfill that vision.
The
new president has come under a barrage of criticisms after he named some 36
ministers of state to champion the cause of his development
agenda.
President Akufo-Addo has so far appointed the highest number of
ministers of state and his yet to name deputies and Regional
Ministers.
The reasons for the criticisms are not only about the number
of appointees, but the seeming duplicity of the positions announced.
Some
of the most controversial appointees named are the Minister for Inner City and
Zongo development, Minister for Monitoring and Evaluation. There is also the
Sanitation and Aviation Ministers all of which have been decoupled from their
traditional designations.
The appointees are however yet to be vetted by
Parliament.
Speaking to Joy News on the matter Ex-president John
Kufuor said the critics must remain calm and see what the new president and his
administration will do.
"The country has assigned him a job. We should
him a free hand to do the job for us. We didn't vote for nothing. We voted
because we expect him to give solutions for us and he says this is the way I can
do the work," he said.
He did not understand why the critics would
condemn the president, and asked if the critics have been president
before.
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