{"id":301993,"date":"2017-03-15T17:22:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T17:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=301993"},"modified":"2017-03-15T17:22:06","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T17:22:06","slug":"social-media-reacts-to-nana-addos-110-ministers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=301993","title":{"rendered":"Social media reacts to Nana Addo&#8217;s 110 ministers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Nana Addo\u2019s decision to appoint some 110 Ministers including deputies and regional ministers, has generated mixed reactions among Ghanaians who are mostly outraged by the move.<\/p>\n<p>The President today [Wednesday], named 54 persons to serve as Ministers of State at the presidency\/ministries, and deputy ministers \u00a0in his government, bringing to 110, the number of ministers who will be serving under his administration.<\/p>\n<p>This is the highest\u00a0number of appointees any government has had since the fourth Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Some Ghanaians who could not hide their frustration\u00a0about the move, took to social media, particularly Twitter and Facebook, to express their concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Many suggested that the President in most cases was rewarding party loyalty by giving out positions, instead of having in mind the larger national interest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Below are samples of social media reactions\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-301998\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kwabena.png\" alt=\"kwabena\" width=\"534\" height=\"269\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-302011\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Michael.png\" alt=\"michael\" width=\"551\" height=\"189\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-302003\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Richtie-Darko-Arthur-Rico.png\" alt=\"richtie-darko-arthur-rico\" width=\"572\" height=\"108\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-301995\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ato-Forson.png\" alt=\"ato-forson\" width=\"599\" height=\"345\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-301997\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kofi-Effah.png\" alt=\"kofi-effah\" width=\"568\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-302002\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Nana-Awere-Damoah.png\" alt=\"nana-awere-damoah\" width=\"588\" height=\"188\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-302007\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tweet.png\" alt=\"tweet\" width=\"685\" height=\"97\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-302009\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kojo-Nkrumah.png\" alt=\"kojo-nkrumah\" width=\"627\" height=\"161\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-302010\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kekeli.png\" alt=\"kekeli\" width=\"626\" height=\"517\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The view generally is that, the move will only burden the public purse considering that, aside the salaries and benefits, all these officials will retire with huge amounts as ex-gratia.<\/p>\n<p>Information Minister Mustapha Hamid, has said Nana Addo did not any point promise a lean government, urging Ghanaians to judge them by efficiency and not the size of the government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EfeAnsah\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @EfeAnsah<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[ !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s) [0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); \/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Nana Addo\u2019s decision to appoint some 110 Ministers including deputies and regional ministers, has generated mixed reactions among Ghanaians who are mostly outraged by the move. 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