{"id":284170,"date":"2017-01-12T12:09:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T12:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=284170"},"modified":"2017-01-12T12:09:42","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T12:09:42","slug":"monitoring-evaluation-ministry-critical-development-planner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/monitoring-evaluation-ministry-critical-development-planner\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoring, evaluation Ministry critical \u2013 Development planner"},"content":{"rendered":"

A development planner who is also the Head of the State Enterprise Commission, Dr. Kaminta Bayizie, has lauded\u00a0the creation of the\u00a0Monitoring and Evaluation Ministry created by the new government.<\/p>\n

Ghana\u2019s president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has so far nominated some 25 persons to head various ministries pending their approval by parliament.<\/p>\n

\"President
President Akufo-Addo with some of his minister nominees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”iHt84r4ajd6EkjkdjmpkEf9zfbZNqy96″]The president has also created two new ministries<\/strong><\/a><\/span> 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.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong> on Thursday, Dr. Bayizie said the ministry mandated for monitoring and evaluation is very critical.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look at the monitoring and evaluation, it\u2019s 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\u2019s eye view of what is going on in the executive\u2014and that means all the ministers. So that is very critical and that responsibility must be executed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Ministry for Railways Development needless <\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Kaminta Bayizie however questioned the rationale for the some of the ministries re-aligned.<\/p>\n

According to him, ministries such as the Transport, Railway development<\/strong><\/a><\/span> and the Roads and Highways, could have been merged instead of separating them.<\/p>\n

\u201cA 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
\nFollow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a>
\n