The Minister of State for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has refuted claims that President John Dramani Mahama has appointed 100 individuals as presidential staffers.
According to Kwakye Ofosu, the president has appointed only 30 staffers, a number he says is significantly lower than that of the previous administration.
His response follows accusations from Samuel Abu Jinapor, the Member of Parliament for Damongo, who alleged that President Mahama had failed to honor his commitment to a lean government by exceeding the promised 60 ministers and appointing over 100 staffers at the presidency.
Speaking at a press conference on Friday, March 7, 2025, Kwakye Ofosu insisted that all presidential staffer appointments had been publicly announced, dismissing any claims of secret or undisclosed appointments.
“Everybody who has been appointed as a presidential staffer has been named in a statement signed by me. So, currently, there are 27 presidential staffers. All of them were publicly announced, unlike in the past when we only learned of them when the president submitted a list of presidential staff to parliament.
“This time, we went ahead to inform the people of Ghana and left nobody in doubt about the numbers.
“In addition to these 27, three people have been appointed to assist with some specific interventions that the president wants to undertake. They are referred to as directors. They do not have the ranking of presidential staffers, so they are described as presidential aides.
“If you add it to the list of staffers, there are just 30 people. Beyond that, no other staffers or presidential aides have been appointed,” he stated.
