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General News on Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Source: abcnewsgh.com
2019-06-11
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Minister of Information
The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has been ranked among the top 10 ministers of the Akufo-Addo administration, revealed a survey of the Department of Political Science of the University of Ghana. .
He was appointed alongside the Minister of Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister of Agriculture, Owusu Afriyie Akoto; Energy Minister John Peter Amewu, as well as the Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyeremateng.
According to the survey, a copy of which is in the possession of ABC News Ghana, the ministers were badessed according to their policy and implementation, their skills and their hard work.
Other ministers on the list include Minister of Health Kwaku Agyemang Manu; Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah; Regional Reorganization and Development, Dan Botwe; Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta and Interior Minister Ambrose Dery.
About the survey
The 2019 survey entitled "Evaluation of 275 Members of Parliament (Perspectives) – Voter Perspective"; was executed between March and June 2019 with the support of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, a foundation of a German political party.
According to the poll by ABC News Ghana, a total of 27,500 Ghanaians in some electoral areas in Ghana's 275 constituencies participated in the study.
The research used qualitative and quantitative approaches, combined and transformative, to randomly select the 5 electoral regions by electoral district. This method was used to select the 1,375 electoral constituencies of the 275 constituencies.
The results of the study were presented jointly Monday in Accra by Dr. Isaac Owusu-Mensah and Mr. Kaakyire Frempong, both lecturers in the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana.
Oppong Nkrumah as Minister of Information
The information minister revealed at the beginning of the year that his real reason for "moving away" from the media landscape and getting into politics was to bring about greater change in people's lives, a task that he was accomplishing gradually and clearly.
According to Oppong Nkrumah, also a member of the Parliament of the Atoase Ayirebi Consituency, his "badessment of the Ghanaian context convinced him that politics was a more important tool for bringing about the necessary change", he said. he told the BBC in a recent interview.
Among the many accomplishments that propelled the former broadcaster to the Top 10 list of ministers is its active role in the fight for the pbadage of the Right to Information Bill, which ABC News Ghana can now realize.
The government spokesman has also made enormous contributions to the current administration by effectively communicating government policies and programs to Ghanaians.
Among his achievements, it is worth mentioning the renovation of the press center of the Ministry of Information.
The rehabilitation and rehabilitation program was commissioned by President Akufo-Addo in 2017 as part of the general plan of his administration to improve the working conditions of journalists.
When commissioning the facility, the chief of staff, Osei-Opare, said: "Indeed, I knew this room before and I see a very, very positive change."
About RTI
The law, which was sanctioned by President Akufo-Addo in May 2019, provides the public with the necessary framework to access information emanating from state institutions.
The purpose of the RTI Act is to give effect to Article 21 (1) (f) of the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana of 1992 which states that "Everyone has the right to information subject to the qualifications and laws necessary for democratic process. society."
Other results of the survey UG
According to ABC News Ghana, it is surprising to note that some members of the Akufo Akufo-Addo Administration Parliament are performing poorly compared to their counterparts in the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), explaining government policies to their constituents. .
It is clear from the study that 6.2% of Ghanaians knew their MPs as legislators, community support groups, 2.2%, local problems of 1.6%, local conflict resolution of 1.6%. % and careful scrutiny of legislation by 1.3%, respondents identified the role of MPs as development.
However, research conducted by ABC News Ghana also indicates that a majority of 44% of MPs do not visit the constituency frequently after winning their elections.
Other badyzes of what voters hate in their MPs include: arrogant behavior after winning which forms 5.2%; Promote the interest of only members of the party representing 7.1%; Do not contribute to the debate in Parliament and egoism, among others, forming 5.2%
Below the survey report of the University of Ghana:
2019 Survey Report on Scribd
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