Samuel Boateng, a Political analyst, has criticised the recommendation to cap Ghana’s ministers at 60.
According to the Political analyst, capping Ghana’s ministers at 60 is overly burdensome on the public purse.
He argued that if Ghana is serious about developing the country, it needs no more than 30 ministers, including the regional ministers.
Speaking in an interview on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5FM, Samuel Boateng stated, “The 60 ministers proposed is excessive. If we are serious about developing the country, we don’t need 60 ministers. It is expensive to have 60 ministers. We need no more than 30 ministers, including the regional ministers. It is too expensive to appoint 60 ministers.”
His comments follow an announcement by the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, that the John Mahama government has accepted a proposal to constitutionally cap the number of ministers that can be appointed by a president at 60.
Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, presenting the government’s White Paper on the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) recommendations on Thursday, July 30, 2026, made this known.
He revealed that government had endorsed the principle of limiting the size of government but opted for 60 instead of 57 proposed by the Constitutional Review Committee.
Dt Dominic Ayine stated, “Government has accepted the proposal to cap the number of ministers. But instead of 57, as the committee recommended, the government is proposing that it should be capped at 60.”
According to the Attorney General, the proposed limit would be entrenched in the Constitution to ensure that future presidents cannot exceed the prescribed number of ministerial appointments.
“So it will be put into the Constitution that the number of ministers that any president elected by the sovereign people of this country can appoint will be only 60.”
Also, Dr Dominic Ayine disclosed that the government has accepted the Constitutional Review Committee’s (CRC) proposal to move Ghana’s presidential election to the first week of November.
According to Dr Ayine, the proposed change would provide a smoother transition to a new administration.
He argued that fixing the election period would also create a sufficient interval between the declaration of results and the inauguration of an incoming President on January 7.
Speaking at the Government Accountability Series on Thursday, July 30, Dr Ayine stated, “We have accepted that the Presidential Election be held on a day in the first week of November as the Electoral Commission may specify by constitutional instrument. A fixed period giving certainty to the electoral calendar.
It allows the Commission, the parties and the observers to plan, and it ensures an adequate interval between the election and the inauguration of the incoming President on January 7,” he said.
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