{"id":449345,"date":"2017-12-22T15:49:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T15:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\/"},"modified":"2017-12-22T15:49:06","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T15:49:06","slug":"reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"Reshuffle \u2018failed\u2019 ministers \u2013 Bentil to Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 22 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-22<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/75798847.295.jpg\" alt=\"Cabinet Akufo Addo Ministers\" title=\"Cabinet Akufo Addo Ministers\" width=\"295\" height=\"171\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Nana Akufo-Addo with some Ministers<\/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=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513957746_613_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Vice President of Imani Ghana, Kofi Bentil, has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to immediately reshuffle his ministers.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, most of the ministers have failed to live up to expectation, a situation he says requires immediate attention from the president.<\/p>\n<p>His comments come in the wake of public outcry against the GHS1bn budget of the Ministry of Special Development Initiatives which was approved by parliament on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In the budget, 275 ambulances will be procured at a unit cost of GHS354,750 totalling GHS97,556,250.<\/p>\n<p>Fifty warehouses would be constructed at a unit cost of GHS1,652,469 totalling GHS82,623,480.<\/p>\n<p>Also, 1000 solar-powered mechanical boreholes would be constructed at a unit cost of GHS132,000 totalling GHS132,000,000.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, 1000 \u201cwater closet institutional toilets with mechanised boreholes and solar panels\u201d would be constructed at a unit cost of GHS187,000 totalling GHS187,000,000.<\/p>\n<p>Fifty micro-enterprises would also be constructed at a unit cost of GHS550,000 totalling GHS 27,500,000.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the rest of the items in the budget approved for the ministry led by Mavis Hawa Koomson:<\/p>\n<p>275 projects at a unit cost of GHS1,100,000 totalling GHS302,500,000<\/p>\n<p>Construction of 100 markets at a unit cost of GHS1,100,000 totalling GHS110,000,000<\/p>\n<p>Internal Management or Organisations totalling GHS8,600,000<\/p>\n<p>Hiring of office accommodation for Middle Belt and Coastal Belt Development Authority and Regional Offices totalling GHS15,000,000<\/p>\n<p>Legal and Administrative Framework Review \u2013 GHS1000,000<\/p>\n<p>Maintenance, Rehabilitation and Refurbishment \u2013 GHS3000,000<\/p>\n<p>Procurement of Office Furniture and Fixtures \u2013 GHS6,500,000<\/p>\n<p>Local and International Affiliation \u2013 GHS2,500,000<\/p>\n<p>Procurement of Office Supplies and Consumables \u2013 GHS3,000,000<\/p>\n<p>Tendering Activities \u2013 GHS759,970<\/p>\n<p>Treasury and Accounting Activities \u2013 GHS500,000<\/p>\n<p>Procurement of Computers and Accessories \u2013 GHS1,500,000<\/p>\n<p>Manpower Skill Development \u2013 GHS3,500,000<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Training \u2013 GHS2,000,000<\/p>\n<p>Planning and Policy Formulation \u2013 GHS3,500,000<\/p>\n<p>Policies and Programme Review Activities \u2013 GHS1,500,000<\/p>\n<p>Publication and Dissemination of Policies and Programmes \u2013 GHS500,000<\/p>\n<p>Development and Management of Database \u2013 GHS400,000<\/p>\n<p>Research and Development \u2013 GHS1,000,000<\/p>\n<p>Development of Website \u2013 GHS800,000<\/p>\n<p>Budget Preparation \u2013 GHS2,000,000<\/p>\n<p>Budget Performance Reporting \u2013 GHS500,000<\/p>\n<p>Management and Monitoring of Policies and Projects \u2013 GHS3,000,000<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on this budget on his Facebook page, Mr Bentil, also a private legal practitioner, said: \u201cMr President if election was today, I&#8217;ll vote for you again! But most of your 110 Ministers failed woefully. RESHUFFLE please!!!<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201c800,000 website? You create silly jobs that produce nothing and you call this change?? Please be different or prepare to leave!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 50 updated by: -1 --><\/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>General News of Friday, 22 December 2017 Source: classfmonline.com 2017-12-22 President Nana Akufo-Addo with some Ministers Vice President of Imani Ghana, Kofi Bentil, has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to immediately reshuffle his ministers. According to him, most of the ministers have failed to live up to expectation, a situation he says requires immediate attention [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":404433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-449345","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>Reshuffle \u2018failed\u2019 ministers \u2013 Bentil to Akufo-Addo - 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\/22\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Reshuffle \u2018failed\u2019 ministers \u2013 Bentil to Akufo-Addo - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"General News of Friday, 22 December 2017 Source: classfmonline.com 2017-12-22 President Nana Akufo-Addo with some Ministers Vice President of Imani Ghana, Kofi Bentil, has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to immediately reshuffle his ministers. According to him, most of the ministers have failed to live up to expectation, a situation he says requires immediate attention [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/22\\\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/22\\\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Reshuffle \u2018failed\u2019 ministers \u2013 Bentil to Akufo-Addo\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-22T15:49:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/22\\\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":391,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/22\\\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/22\\\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/22\\\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/22\\\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\\\/\",\"name\":\"Reshuffle \u2018failed\u2019 ministers \u2013 Bentil to Akufo-Addo - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/22\\\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/22\\\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-22T15:49:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/22\\\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/22\\\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Reshuffle \u2018failed\u2019 ministers \u2013 Bentil to Akufo-Addo - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Reshuffle \u2018failed\u2019 ministers \u2013 Bentil to Akufo-Addo - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"General News of Friday, 22 December 2017 Source: classfmonline.com 2017-12-22 President Nana Akufo-Addo with some Ministers Vice President of Imani Ghana, Kofi Bentil, has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to immediately reshuffle his ministers. According to him, most of the ministers have failed to live up to expectation, a situation he says requires immediate attention [&hellip;]","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Reshuffle \u2018failed\u2019 ministers \u2013 Bentil to Akufo-Addo","datePublished":"2017-12-22T15:49:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\/"},"wordCount":391,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\/","name":"Reshuffle \u2018failed\u2019 ministers \u2013 Bentil to Akufo-Addo - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2017-12-22T15:49:06+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/reshuffle-failed-ministers-bentil-to-akufo-addo\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}