Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, has fired NPP communicator Dennis Miracles Aboagye following his recent post about President Mahama’s appointees.
Miracles Aboagye, in a Facebook post, accused Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the minister of Government Communications, of lying to Ghanaians after claiming that only Mahama appointed 30 appointees at the presidency.
He stressed that the only 30 appointees turn out to have 808 of them, adding that their cost is three times the cost of the Akufo-Addo government.
In a Facebook post, Miracles Aboagye wrote, “The current government that the Minister for Government Communications told us has only 30 appointees turns out to have 808 of them. Their cost is three times the cost of all previous governments. What a waste!!!”
However, Kwakye Ofosu, in a sharp rebuttal, described Miracles Aboagye as an Itinerant propagandist hopping from one lame propaganda to the other.
He detailed that there are 233 political appointees at the presidency and 575 civil servants not appointed by President Mahama.
Kwakye Ofosu, in his post, wrote, “You are just an itinerant propagandist hopping from one lame propaganda to the other.
There are 233 POLITICAL APPOINTEES at the Presidency and 575 CIVIL SERVANTS (NOT APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT MAHAMA) who have been seconded to the Presidency. In 2022, you were one of 361 POLITICAL APPOINTEES and 687 CIVIL SERVANTS.
In 2024, you were part of 332 POLITICAL APPOINTEES at the Presidency. PRESIDENT MAHAMA has REDUCED the numbers which your government took to incredible and unprecedented heights.
The Political appointees at the Presidency have the same salaries and conditions as you had, which was presented to Parliament by President Akufo-Addo and approved on 6th JANUARY, 2025”.
The brouhaha follows the Office of the President officially releasing its annual Presidential Staffing list for 2025, submitted to Parliament, revealing that 808 staff were working at the Presidency as of 31 December 2025.
According to reports, the annual Presidential Staffing list was prepared under Section 11 of the Presidential Office Act, 1993 (Act 463).
The list outlines the composition of the workforce and gives a detailed breakdown of personnel attached to the Presidency in 2025, from 1 January to 31 December.
The list showed that President Mahama made 233 political appointees and 585 public sector employees, including civil servants and officers seconded from other state institutions.
It also revealed that 4 Ministers of State were serving at the Presidency as of the end of December 2025, with 39 officials designated as Presidential Staffers, while another 190 individuals are listed under the category of other political appointees working within the Office of the President.
The breakdown of the staffing positioning at the Office of the President as of December 31st, 2025, is as follows, as compiled by citinews:
“1. Political Appointees (Total: 233)
The political administration of the presidency comprises three primary brackets, totalling 233 officials:
Ministers of State at the Presidency: 4
Hon. Felix Kwakye Ofosu (Government Communications)
Hon. Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum (Special Initiatives)
Hon. Seidu Issifu (Climate Change and Sustainability)
Hon. Lydia Lamisa Akanvariba (Public Sector Reform)
Political Staffers: 39 (Including top-tier leadership such as Chief of Staff Julius Debrah, Executive Secretary Dr. Calistus Mahama, and various presidential advisors and aides).
Other Political Appointees: 190 (Comprising technical coordinators, legal advisors across various ministries, regional political coordinators, executive assistants, and political drivers).
Civil Service Staff (Total: 390)
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