The Member of Parliament for Sagnarigu, Alhassan Bashir Fuseini, asserted that President Akuffo-Addo’s reshuffle in his Ministers seen as an Election gimmick to provide resources to sitting MPs, who won their Parliamentary primaries.
President Akufo-Addo, on February 14, 2024, reshuffled his Ministers through the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, citing the appropriate articles of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana.
The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, and Health Minister, Kweku Agyeman Manu, have been replaced by Hon. Mohammed Amin Adams, Ms. Fatimatu Abubakar, Hon. Henry Quartey, Hon. Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye, respectively and others.
In an interview with Bola Ray on Starr Chat on Thursday, the Sagnarigu lawmaker stated that the move was a mere political gimmick.
“This reshuffle that they have done is a political event President Nana Akufo-Addo has done. Go and do an analysis of the appointees, especially the deputy ministers. Number one, he has removed all those who lost elections, go and check. Any minister or deputy minister who lost his election has been removed. All Members of Parliament who have voluntarily indicated that they are not coming back to Parliament, he has removed them.
“So it’s an election gimmick to ensure that resources should be available to those he is putting in place as ministers to be able to campaign for the 2024 election,” the ranking Member on the Communication Committee in Parliament disclosed.
In furtherance, “Because the whole of this country, including Minority about two years ago, were calling for Ken Ofori-Atta to be removed, he did not listen. Later our colleagues on the other side listened to us and also joined and said Ken must go.”
Alhaji Fuseini further elaborated that if the President had conducted a reshuffle about two years ago, it could have had a positive economic impact.
“Why did the President not yield to our call and did the reshuffle at that time. At that time it would have been more meaningful to make an economic impact,” Alhaji Fuseini stated.
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