{"id":445349,"date":"2017-12-09T16:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/09\/npp-is-the-most-nepotistic-government-in-the-history-of-ghana-kwakye-ofosu\/"},"modified":"2017-12-09T16:00:24","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T16:00:24","slug":"npp-is-the-most-nepotistic-government-in-the-history-of-ghana-kwakye-ofosu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/09\/npp-is-the-most-nepotistic-government-in-the-history-of-ghana-kwakye-ofosu\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP is the most nepotistic government in the history of Ghana \u2013 Kwakye Ofosu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Politics of Saturday,  9 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanacrusader.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-09<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/74307982.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kwakye Comm\" title=\"Kwakye Comm\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Felix Kwakye Ofosu, former deputy Communications Minister<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512835224_986_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Former Minister of Communications under the erstwhile Mahama Administration, Felix Kwakye Ofosu has said he cannot fathom the reason behind the creation of some ministries under the NPP government.<\/p>\n<p>The former Minister described such ministerial portfolios as \u201csuperfluous\u201d and that there was no need for the creation of such ministries.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u2018\u2019what is the essence of creating a monitoring ministry and procurement ministry when we have the National Procurement Authority that is mandated by the constitution to perform the same function.\u201d He told Accra Based Radio Gold on Saturday, December 9, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>In his analysis of the New Patriotic Party, a year on he noted that,  \u201cit is the most nepotistic government in Ghanaians history  apart from the creation of unnecessary  ministries, there has been appointment of family and friends.\u2019\u2019 He said.<\/p>\n<p>He also alleged that, considering what is going on in Ghana there is no need for the New Patriotic Party to celebrate their victory.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 33 updated by: 4 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics of Saturday, 9 December 2017 Source: ghanacrusader.com 2017-12-09 Felix Kwakye Ofosu, former deputy Communications Minister Former Minister of Communications under the erstwhile Mahama Administration, Felix Kwakye Ofosu has said he cannot fathom the reason behind the creation of some ministries under the NPP government. The former Minister described such ministerial portfolios as \u201csuperfluous\u201d and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":445331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-445349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NPP is the most nepotistic government in the history of Ghana \u2013 Kwakye Ofosu - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/09\/npp-is-the-most-nepotistic-government-in-the-history-of-ghana-kwakye-ofosu\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"NPP is the most nepotistic government in the history of Ghana \u2013 Kwakye Ofosu - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Politics of Saturday, 9 December 2017 Source: ghanacrusader.com 2017-12-09 Felix Kwakye Ofosu, former deputy Communications Minister Former Minister of Communications under the erstwhile Mahama Administration, Felix Kwakye Ofosu has said he cannot fathom the reason behind the creation of some ministries under the NPP government. 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