He called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to reduce the number of presidential staff in government positions.
With the ongoing economic crisis, it is unjustifiable for the president to appoint more ministers. Ato Forson said, a burden on already strained public funds.
He said that the Ministry of Food and Agriculture should be merged with the Ministry of Fisheries. Chiefs argued that tourism should be merged with and that sanitation and local government could be merged to help reduce the size of government.
In addition, information and communication can also be merged, just like transport and railways, he said.
Earlier, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) urged the minority in Parliament not to endorse President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s new ministerial nominees.
According to the party, this is in line with calls by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to reduce the size of his government to reflect current economic challenges.
In a statement signed by General Secretary Fifi Kweti, the NDC said the party has long expressed concern about the current large size of government and “shares the views that it should be reduced in view of the current massive economic mess”. overwhelmed by the Akufo-Addo/ Bawumia government.”
The NDC said that despite several pleas, Nana Addo “remained quite typical, adamant and deaf”.
The leadership of the NDC, in this context, has directed the minority caucus in parliament not to endorse any new ministerial nominees and further push for a reduction in the size of government to reduce unnecessary drain on scarce public resources.
On the part of NDC’s National Communications Officer, Sammy Gambhi, the party will not endorse the new ministers-designate because it does not want to be part of the misappropriation of public funds by the government.