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Speaking to Kasapa News<\/strong><\/em>, on whether there\u2019s the need for the President to cut down on the number of ministers through a reshuffle exercise, David Agbee said the reduction of the large size of government is very necessary, adding that the president himself is fully aware of this fact.<\/p>\n \u201cWe all know how long it has taken the president to be a leader of this country and we know that people contributed financially to his campaign. So most of the ministers who got appointment, it was a form of compensation given them by the President, so that they can also eat and recoup whatever they spent on him. If this were not the fact behind the appointment of 110 ministers, there\u2019s no way President would have formed such a large government. He himself knows from his days as Foreign Affairs Minister and Attorney General that Ghana doesn\u2019t need more than 90 ministers.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThis appointment amounts to depleting the public purse, but because of the contributions made by people towards the President\u2019s campaign of which he compiled a list of contributors, under the circumstance, the President hands were tied and could not appoint less than this number. Some of us are all for the reduction in number of the ministers because it costs the country a lot to pay them.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n