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Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Minister of Information
Information Minister Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will at some point in his second term undergo a cabinet reshuffle.
Unlike previous presidents, Akufo-Addo rarely reshuffles his ministers, the last taking place in February 2019 during his first term.
However, speaking on The Asaase Breakfast Show on Monday, July 19, Nkrumah said: “I’m pretty sure that somewhere down the line there will be a reshuffle of the president’s ministers.
“The other trick is that when people have the opportunity to be in such a high position as some of these offices, you want to give them the ability to control their schedule because it takes time to learn and take control. .
“I think we’ve seen the president make some limited reshuffles during his first term based on his comments on what we’ve done, where ministers report and then the monitoring and evaluation department juxtaposes your reports with what they discovered on the ground. about what you deliver… between those two, the president will make the necessary shuffles as and when they become necessary, ”Oppong-Nkrumah said.
The economy is recovering from the impact of COVID-19
Economically, he said the country was recovering from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The most important thing is the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, both in terms of health and economics. On the economic level, which is the twin crisis that always accompanies the pandemic, the economy is gradually regaining its marks.
“We had an average growth of around 7% from 2017 to 2019, [then] COVID has hit us. We have to shut down parts of the economy and then we took a dip, but very quickly that recovery is coming back. Data suggests a recovery of around 3.1% in the first quarter of this year, ”Nkrumah added.
“We expect the second quarter to go pretty well as well and if we can get back to somewhere like 5 or 6% and maintain the same for the next four years then we know we’re improving.”
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