{"id":273618,"date":"2011-01-12T14:38:40","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T14:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=46559"},"modified":"2011-01-12T14:38:40","modified_gmt":"2011-01-12T14:38:40","slug":"reshuffle-delay-mills-could-create-bootlicking-ministers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/12\/reshuffle-delay-mills-could-create-bootlicking-ministers\/","title":{"rendered":"Reshuffle Delay: Mills Could Create Bootlicking Ministers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-44684\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/01\/04\/official-cabinet-reshuffle-prez-mills-finally-changes-his-team\/attamills_mps\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-44684\" title=\"attamills_mps\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/attamills_mps.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a>A political scientist has warned that  President Mills needs to complete the ministerial reshuffle process  began on January 4, 2011 or risk creating \u201cbootlicking\u201d and  \u201csycophantic\u201d Ministers anxious to keep their posts.<br \/>\nIt has been  over a week since President John Mills reshuffled some of his ministers  and promised Ghanaians to expect further changes to his government in  the coming days.<br \/>\nThat reshuffle, which saw an initial list of 10  with two Ministers booted out of government, reportedly sent shivers  down the spines of many of the President\u2019s appointees whose fates have  yet to be decided by the former law lecturer.<br \/>\nCitiNews sources  say many of such Ministers have since been having sleepless nights,  worried about the uncertainty surrounding their continued stay in  government.<br \/>\nSources say the situation is seriously affecting the  performance of many of the Ministers as they wait anxiously to hear the  Presidency announce further changes to the Mills government.<br \/>\nCitiNews  is reliably informed that a number of the Ministers and their Deputies  have since  been busy visiting persons perceived to be power brokers in  the NDC purposely to get them to lobby the President to maintain them at  their posts.<br \/>\nSpeaking to CitiNews, Political Scientist, Mr.  Ransford Gyampo, said the seeming uncertainties in government could  create serious consequences for government.<br \/>\nThe lack of  information on the reshuffle is \u201ccreating a sense of insecurity and  taking away the attention\u201d of the Ministers, Mr Gyampo warned.<br \/>\nTo  keep their jobs, \u201csome deliberately become so much loyal to the  president, some would adopt bootlicking strategies and sycophantic  styles, become sycophants and blindly support the president even in  cases where they know that the president is wrong.<br \/>\n\u201cOthers would  be paying informal homages to the president in his house. The president  would be there, and one morning you will have a minister parading his  children, grandchildren and his wife just wanting to say hello.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is very important that the list is released now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A political scientist has warned that President Mills needs to complete the ministerial reshuffle process began on January 4, 2011 or risk creating \u201cbootlicking\u201d and \u201csycophantic\u201d Ministers anxious to keep their posts. 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