Former Chief of Staff in the Kufour administration, Kwadwo Mpiani has indicated that the removal of the Water Resource Works and Housing Minister, Alhaji Collins Dauda from cabinet will have no negative impact on the minstry’s performance.
[contextly_sidebar id=”pNUh9Uoh43Sgzc0VHJIgGeIBsa1lFbDF”]“I don’t think it will really affect the work of the minister or the ministry,” he added.
President John Dramani Mahama removed the Ministry of Water Resources Works and Housing from the list of his cabinet on Tuesday.
The Ministry was replaced with the Ministry of Power.
Speaking on Eyewitness News, Mr Mpiani said cabinet ministers are those that attend cabinet meetings and make decisions with the president.
“Cabinet ministers are supposed to be senior ministers, they hold positions to important ministries and they attend cabinet meetings,” he added.
The for Chief of Staff added said this whole idea of cabinet ministers and non-cabinet ministers “I think is a product of Parliamentary democracy where the Prime Minister determines which of his ministries are important to be regarded as cabinet ministries.”
“If you take the US system, all secretaries are all members of cabinet they don’t have this system where some are regarded as cabinet ministers or not. Cabinet ministers are supposed to be senior ministers, they hold positions to important ministries and they attend cabinet meetings.”
He added that in Ghana “We have a blend of both the Parliamentary and the Executive President system. What we do here, all ministers attend meeting despite the law restraining it. They all take part in cabinet deliberations.”
Below is the new Cabinet list submitted to Parliament
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration
- Ministry of Defence
- Ministry of Petroleum
- Ministry of Interior
- Ministry of Trade and Industry
- Ministry of Justice and Attorney-General Department
- Ministry of Roads and Highways
- Ministry of Food and Agriculture
- Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources
- Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development
- Ministry of Health
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations
- Ministry of Transport
- Ministry of Power
- Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation
- Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection
- Ministry of Communications
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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh/citifmonline.com/Ghana