According to Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Minister of Food and Agriculture, the Ministry has made outstanding progress under his direction.
He emphasized that Ghana has avoided a food shortage despite a global crisis as a result of the diligent job he and his staff at the Ministry have done.
Given his record as a Minister, the former congressman for Kwadsao stated his hope that his name would not be on the list of Ministers who would be fired if the President made such a decision.
Head of State Nana Nana Addo According to Dankwa Akufo-Addo, he bases his decisions on the impressive productivity of his ministers. He is not considering rearranging his appointees in light of this.
On Monday, August 8, as part of his two-day trip of the Northern Region, Mr. Akufo-Addo gave these responses when asked about his opinions on requests to rearrange his cabinet. He was speaking on North Star Radio in Tamale at the time.
Many of them, he claimed, “have done excellent work for me.
He continued, “Their productivity has been significant, and that is what I look at.”
The president further indicated that “If the output measures expectations, then I don’t have any strong reasons to heed the call.”
Asked for his reactions to what the President said, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto told Johnnie Hughes in an interview on TV3’s New Day show, Thursday August 11 that “Why not. If your boss thinks you are doing a good job, why not. The person who appointed me is the one who can sack me. If somebody asks the for me to be be sacked, he is not the appointing authority.”
He further expressed hope that the President will not sack him due to his good performance at the Agric Ministry.
“From what I have given you this morning, the work at the Ministry of Agriculture is strong and unprecedented. If you go back 30 years, look at the rate of growth of agriculture and you will see exactly the objective assessment of what I am saying.
“We are very proud of what we are doing for mother Ghana in these crisis, yes global crisis where everybody is suffering food shortage, people are coming into our country to raise surpluses, that should be a big achievement.”
