According to sources at the seat of government, the President will have face-to-face conversations with each of his appointees.

[contextly_sidebar id=”HtY5smClIfKU4Sqfa3lkOIcvkvxC6lGx”]Also billed to be present, during the one-on-one evaluation exercises are the Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Opare, and Minister for Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei.

The appraisal comes on the back of a report presented to the  President by Dr. Akoto Osei on the performance of government appointees and programmes.

Monitoring and Evaluation Ministry role

The creation of the Monitoring and Evaluation portfolio by the President at the beginning  of his tenure was met with criticism by a section of the public who cited duplication of functions since most Ministries already have such units within their structure.

But the government rejected such claims indicating such a role is necessary for tracking the implementation of government policies and programs.

The President said the Ministry of Monitoring and Evaluation was set up to consolidate government’s activities by ensuring appointees live up to set targets.

President Akufo-Addo, in all, has 110 people serving as ministers, ministers of state and deputies in his administration, the highest in the country’s history.

Out of the total 110, 20 are Regional Ministers and their Deputies, 40 ministers for various ministries, with 50 deputies.

In Jul7 2017, Dr. Akoto Osei had said his outfit will by October 2017 give an account of the performances of the various ministries towards achieving set targets.

According to him, at the time, the ministries had already submitted reports detailing their key priority areas to be assessed.

He further intimated that, targets for the Finance and Energy ministries will be paramount in the assessment.

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By: Sammi Wiafe/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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Ghana’s president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has so far nominated some 25 persons to head various ministries pending their approval by parliament.

[contextly_sidebar id=”iHt84r4ajd6EkjkdjmpkEf9zfbZNqy96″]The president has also created two new ministries and re-aligned others which include the Ministry for Monitoring and Evaluation, Ministry for Regional Reorganization and Special Projects, Ministry for Railways Development among others.

Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Thursday, Dr. Bayizie said the ministry mandated for monitoring and evaluation is very critical.

“If you look at the monitoring and evaluation, it’s a very critical component of every government. Whether you designate the person as a minister or whatever nomenclature you give, you need somebody at that level to provide you a bird’s eye view of what is going on in the executive—and that means all the ministers. So that is very critical and that responsibility must be executed,” he added.

Ministry for Railways Development needless

Dr. Kaminta Bayizie however questioned the rationale for the some of the ministries re-aligned.

According to him, ministries such as the Transport, Railway development and the Roads and Highways, could have been merged instead of separating them.

“A separate ministry for railway is not necessary, and the reason is that, we have already the Ghana Railway Development Authority and this is an agency under the Ministry of Transport. I understand that it is a priority area and the government needs to focus on it, but you can focus on it under an agency and not necessarily as a separate ministry.”

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By: Godwin A. Allotey/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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