Opoku Prempeh tops the list of top-performing ministers

General News on Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Source: ghananewsagency.org

2019-06-11

Education Minister Matthew Opoku Prempeh is the government's most successful minister, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, revealed a survey conducted by the Department of Political Science of the University of Ghana.

According to the findings of the study, Dr. Opoku Prempeh is at the top of the list of top-performing ministers in terms of policy and implementation, competence and hard work.

The 2019 survey entitled "Evaluation of the 275 Members of Parliament (Perspectives) – Voter Perspective"; was realized from March to June 2019, with the financing of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.

The results of the study were presented jointly Monday in Accra by Dr. Isaac Owusu-Mensah and Mr. Kaakyire Frempong, both lecturers in the Department of Political Science of the University of Ghana.

A total of 27,500 Ghanaians in some constituencies in Ghana's 275 constituencies participated in the study, of which 12.2 per cent elected Dr. Opoku Prempeh as one of the highest performing ministers.

Mr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Minister of Food and Agriculture, took second place with 5.3%, while John Peter Amewu, Minister of Energy, was third with 4.7% .

Mr. Alan John Kyerematen, Minister of Commerce and Industry, is ranked fourth with 3%, Mr. Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, Minister of Health, ranking fifth with 1.9%, while Isaac Kwame Asiamah, Minister of Youth and Sports, was sixth. 1.8%.

Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance, and Dan Botwe, Minister of Regional Reorganization and Development, ranked seventh at 1.7%.

Ambrose Dery, Minister of the Interior, ranked eighth with 1.4%, while ninth position went to Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Minister of Information, who held 1.3% .

Dr. Owusu-Mensah stated that the survey adopted a mixed-method methodology of using qualitative and quantitative methods, through simultaneous and transformative approaches.

He stated that five constituencies had been selected in each constituency, with the exception of Ayawaso North and Ayawaso East, which each had three and four constituencies.

He noted that the HAT method was used to randomly select the five constituencies by constituency.

He added that this method was used to select the 1,375 constituencies of the 275 constituencies.

Dr. Owusu-Mensah said that interviews were held in the appropriate constituencies and constituencies to gather key information to validate the quantitative data.

He stated that in each constituency, 20 respondents were interviewed; therefore, five constituencies per constituency were engaged.

He added that a total of 27,500 Ghanaians in some constituencies from 275 constituencies in Ghana participated in the study.

He added that Ghanaian voters were well aware of the role or tasks their MPs were supposed to badume in their respective constituencies.

The study showed that, overall, 50.8% of Ghanaians knew their MPs as development advocates – MPs being agents of the socio-economic development of their constituencies.

As a result, their representational role was relevant to the extent that they could represent the interests and concerns of voters in legislation (27.5%).

In the 16 regions, Oti voters, 77.1% of respondents, more closely linked the role of their deputies to rural development than the western region 68.7%, the center 59.5%, the north is 59.1%, north-west 58.1% and north 54.3 Grand Accra 51.2% and Ashanti 50.2%.

In the Haut-Ouest, 58% of voters and Bono, 40.7%, considered their MPs to represent their concerns in Parliament.

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.

Mr. Burkhardt Hellemann, Resident Representative of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Ghana, said opinion polls play a crucial role in all democracies.