Mahama has appointed only 30 presidential staffers, not 100 – Kwakye Ofosu clarifies

Accra, Ghana - 07 March, 2025 - The Ghanaian government has rejected accusations that President John Dramani Mahama has appointed an excessive number of presidential staffers.

According to Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Minister of State for Government Communications, the president has appointed only 30 staffers, contrary to claims of over 100 appointments.

Addressing a press conference on Friday, March 7, 2025, Mr. Kwakye Ofosu clarified that 27 of these staffers were publicly announced, while three additional individuals were appointed as directors to support specific presidential initiatives.

“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,'' he stated.

“This time, we went ahead to inform the people of Ghana and left nobody in doubt about the numbers.

“In addition to these 27, three people have been appointed to assist with some specific interventions that the president wants to undertake. They are referred to as directors. They do not have the ranking of presidential staffers, so they are described 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 added.

The government's response comes amid criticism from opposition lawmakers, particularly, Samuel Abu Jinapor, the Member of Parliament for Damongo who accused President Mahama of failing to deliver on his promise of a lean government.

Source: Lead News Online