The National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, John Dramani Mahama, has indicated that if he wins the 2024 elections, his ministers and other appointees will not be eligible for ex-gratia.
During his acceptance address after being elected as the NDC’s flagbearer, the former president stated that he will not repeat the mistakes of the NPP regime.
He has stated that he will not expand the size of his government.
Mr. Mahama stated at the University for Development Studies in Tamale that he will pick fewer than 60 ministers in his future cabinet to protect the public purse.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, our nation is still at the crossroads with crippling debt, and an inefficient and wasteful government. We cannot continue this pathway. It is a betrayal of the people, as a leader, to keep doing things the same way when the results leave them poorer”.
“I am committed to operating an effective government with not more than sixty (60) ministers. These Ministers together with other appointees of the government will not be entitled to ex-gratia payments after their tenure, as they will commit to that undertaking even before the necessary constitutional amendments, including a review of the controversial Article 71.”
Mr. Mahama originally revealed his decision to gather no more than sixty ministers and deputies if he wins the 2024 presidential elections in March 2023, at the Cedi auditorium at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) in Ho in the Volta Region.
