PROPOSALS FOR REDUCING THE SIZE AND COST OF RUNNING GOVERNMENT - Kojo P. Asante & David Asante Darko

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PROPOSALS FOR REDUCING THE SIZE AND COST OF RUNNING GOVERNMENT - Kojo P. Asante & David Asante Darko

22 Jan 2023

Namoah Presidenal Commiee on Emoluments (PCE), 2020 Gratuies Under the current structure of the ministries, current distribuon of ministers and deputy ministers in the ministries, the cost of gratuies for ministers and deputy ministers assuming the 2020 salary projecons from the report on Emoluments for Arcle 71 Holders by the Prof. [...] Namoah Presidenal Commiee on Emoluments (PCE), 2020 PROPOSED RESTRUCTURING OF THE MINISTRIES It is the posion of this paper that the current demarcaon of the ministries facilitates a number of redundancies that can be addressed with the dissoluon and in some instances the merger of some ministries, thereby reducing the size of the government and the cost of running government. [...] Science, Technology and Innovation The proposal therefore is for the dissoluon of the Ministry of Public Ministry of Communications and Digitalization Enterprises, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and the Ministry of Railways as their funcons are integrated in the funcons of other ministries. [...] The Ministry of Finance, Foreign Affairs and Regional Integraon, Ministry of Local Government, Decentralizaon and Rural Development, Ministry of Informaon, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Works and Housing, Ministry of Roads and. [...] Asante (PhD.) is the Director of Advocacy and Policy Engagement at the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) David Asante Darko is a Research Analyst with the West Africa Democracy Solidarity Network (WADEMOS) The views expressed are solely the responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Board of Directors or development partners of the Center CDD-Gha.
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