Loved President Mahama under pressure
President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has reminded President John Dramani Mahama that his honeymoon period is over.
He urged the president to appoint a substantive Defence Minister to allow Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson to focus fully on managing the Finance Ministry and driving Ghana’s economic transformation.
“Please free Finance Minister, Ato Forson from the additional duty as Defence Minister so he can focus and continue being fiscally disciplined,” he said in a Facebook post.
Cudjoe acknowledged that the president started on a strong footing but stressed that some areas and personnel within the government need realignment to achieve his reset agenda.
“Mr. President John Dramani Mahama you have started off very well but a few crucial things and people under your control need re-orientation to your reset agenda. More later in the upcoming IMANI Public Sentiment Report. Now though the honeymoon is truly over. 2026 is a crucial year for the rollout of some of your Big Push projects with significant budgets,” he stated.
He also called on the president to appoint someone from the civil service as an Administrator or Assessor-General to oversee all major government projects.
“In order to ensure that these big projects are delivered on time, within budgets and less prone to corruption-inspired procurement, please consider recruiting from the civil service an Administrator/Assessor-General of all major government projects,” Cudjoe said.
He added that the person or team could conduct risk analysis on all government projects, noting that for strategic projects, the necessary expertise may be spread across multiple ministries, departments, and agencies.
Read His Statement Below
Mr.President John Dramani Mahama you have started off very well but a few crucial things and people under your control need re-orientation to your reset agenda. More later in the upcoming IMANI Public Sentiment Report..Now though the honeymoon is truly over. 2026 is a crucial year for the rollout of some of your Big Push projects with significant budgets. Please free Finance Minister, Ato Forson from the additional duty as Defence Minister so he can focus and continue being fiscally disciplined.
In order to ensure that these big projects are delivered on tiime, within budgets and less prone to corruption-inspired procurement, please consider recruiting from the civil service an Administrator/Assessor-General of all major government projects.
The person(s) could conduct Risk Analysis on all Government Projects. For most strategic projects the requisite expertise may be spread across multiple ministries, departments and agencies.
The Cabinet Office can be strengthened and given powers that allow it to ensure coordination across the technical, financial and political accountability functions of the executive. Please let us know if you need extra eyes and ears to help beyond the policy brief requested of our own Bright Simons. Nonetheless we will provide the public what we think about the execution of these big projects as we have done in their last 21 years.
We do not want to spend time and money setting up another ORAL after your tenure. We are already suffocating from the organised loot and heist under the last guy. We may not survive the next one. We can reduce or eliminate theft and looting before they occur even though on balance most of your appointees are fairly responsible and smarter.
By the way, your Executive Secretary, Dr. Callistus Mahama is very effective. Quite an efficient system you have at the Presidency. Please let it be the standard.
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