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General News of Friday, July 12, 2019

Source: ghanaguardian.com

2019-07-12

A cabinet reshuffle will take place in the government led by Akufo-Addo in the coming days. Mr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia hinted.

According to Dr. Bawumia, a report by the minister responsible for monitoring and evaluation of ministers' performance is under review and ministers whose red color code is posted at the end of the day. exercise could be victims of a reshuffle.

According to Dr. Bawumia, the Minister in charge of monitoring and evaluation has the task of ensuring that all appointees in the Akufo-Addo-led administration remain on their guard to achieve the desired results.

The result of the badessment, the vice-president said, will determine the fate of some ministers likely to be judged to be inefficient or unable to achieve their goals.

"The Department's annual progress report using color codes is being studied with great interest. The Minister of Oversight and Evaluation is sometimes not very admired in cabinet when he puts a red under one of your programs and, basically, color coding allows us to know if we are doing well. If it evaluates you and gives you a green for a project, it means that you are well and that we are on the right track. If it's orange, it means we're not going to be as good as we should but if it's red, then you may be looking for a potential reshuffle, "the vice-president said. President Bawumia.

Mr. Bawumia made the remarks when he delivered the keynote address at the Evidence to Action 2019 conference and exhibition at the University of Ghana and is organized by the International Center for Research and Development. Evaluation and Development on "Accountability and Accountability: Strengthening Evidence". Generation and use in support of policy reform and development agenda. "

Anthony Akoto Osei, Minister in charge of Monitoring and Evaluation, explained in his address at the four-day meeting jointly organized by the Ministry of Monitoring and Evaluation and the Institute. Statistical Studies and Economic Research (ISSER) report to the Presidency and has no say on who is sacked or retained by the President.

The minister responsible for monitoring and evaluation said: "Let me correct the impression of the public that, when ministers are fired, it is me. This is not true. The president himself makes his own badessment, including myself. So when you hear that people are changing, do not think it's because of my job. "

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia told the meeting that the use of the Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation's report to make critical decisions is a testament to the fact that research is essential to the good functioning of government.

He observed that there is a growing trend on the African continent where government policies and initiatives are heavily influenced by data and research.

In addition to performance reports from the Ministry of Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr. Bawumia revealed that the Ministry has also developed a framework for tracking budget allocations to different ministries for implementation. implementation of their programs.

The Vice-Chair stated that this has largely reduced the tendency of ministers to blame their inability to carry out their tasks due to lack of resources or delays in the release of funds by the competent authorities.

"Good leadership, development of policies and practices in Africa, guided by the results of research and evaluation, are needed to transform the lives and livelihoods of our people. The recently published quarterly progress reports on implementation following budget publications help to speed up the implementation of our priority projects, because often when you look at the red dots, you tell what's going on, the minister will say that they did not give me the money, their budget was not published for this project. We say now: do not just follow the progress (of the project), but also the versions, so that you can combine the two and make sure that the resources are available to execute the specific project, "explained Dr. Bawumia.