Nana Addo constituting 'most excellent' cabinet - Adei

A former rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Prof Stephen Adei, has described the president-elect’s ministerial choices as the ‘most excellent’.

Speaking on Accra-based Joy FM Prof Adei said from the few names he has heard so far he was optimistic “he [Akufo-Addo] is on his way to put in place one of the most excellent cabinets Ghana has ever had…We await the full list.”

He said he was particularly happy for the appointment of Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng as Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation.

“When I heard yesterday the mentioning of the name of Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng as the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, this morning my wife and I, in our devotion, said: ‘Thank God for his appointment.’ I’m not going to get anything from Kwabena but I know Kwabena is not going there to take bribe.”

The president-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo must appoint more experienced hands as ministers in his government rather than young people who lack experience, a former rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Adei, has advised.

Earlier before names of proposed ministers started making the rounds Prof Adei urged Nana Addo to appoint experienced persons to handle affairs and not “babies with sharp teeth.”

“I think that there is plenty of room for youth in technical work, but much of the cabinet type of level requires a lot of wisdom. I wouldn’t expect too many young people there. I’m talking about those below 45. Many of them will not be in cabinet position, but they will be in very relevant technical positions. I expect one or two of them but at this stage of Ghana’s development, I don’t expect a lot of them. They should be there as the technical advisers and not the decision makers.”

“We saw these babies with sharp teeth and other things and they nearly ruined our country and destroyed our culture with impunity and disrespect.”

Nana Akufo-Addo has said that Alan Kyerematen will serve as his Minister for trade and industry and Joe Anokye as his communication minister amongst others.