{"id":1151089,"date":"2022-07-17T06:18:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T06:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/17\/scrap-ex-gratia-reduce-ministers-and-cancel-vanity-projects-okudzeto-ablakwa-to-govt\/"},"modified":"2022-07-17T06:18:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T06:18:05","slug":"scrap-ex-gratia-reduce-ministers-and-cancel-vanity-projects-okudzeto-ablakwa-to-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/17\/scrap-ex-gratia-reduce-ministers-and-cancel-vanity-projects-okudzeto-ablakwa-to-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"Scrap ex-gratia, reduce ministers and cancel vanity projects &#8211; Okudzeto Ablakwa to govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Samuel-Okudzeto-Ablakwa_2-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa_2\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has called on government to \u2018cancel vanity projects\u2019 and scrap the payment of ex-gratia to help salvage the country\u2019s ailing economy.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, there is a need for government to also reduce the number of ministers and appointees at the Presidency.<\/p>\n<p>These measures, in his view, have become necessary due to the current agitations on the labour front and the country\u2019s ongoing engagements with the IMF for a bailout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCancel vanity projects such as the proposed new \u20ac116 million new Accra International Conference Centre project, 5 STEM universities, Boankra Green Technology City, Marine Drive Project, Stadia for Abuakwa and Sunyani, Agenda 111, new embassies in Trinidad and Tobago and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDrastically reduce the number of Ministers, abolish Deputy CEO positions, dismiss the CEO for the ridiculous non-existent Keta Port and slash the outrageous 337 political appointees at the Office of the President by more than half,\u201d Mr Ablakwa wrote in a Facebook post on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>He believes it will also be crucial to look at \u201can immediate review of Ghana\u2019s end-of-service benefits regime and scrap all ex-gratia payments for political and non-political beneficiaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his post, the North Tongu MP also proposed other measures which he believes will help put the country\u2019s economy on a better footing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Below is his Facebook post<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fokudzetoablakwa%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0zfktxDST1EZceHtPR3c7fNufawPkgsYeCi1fgjojaViz6sLPgd1pMssUoykuBUuEl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"296\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"4z34sjjj4wk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"There has never been a gov&#039;t who supported Ghanaians like Akufo-Addo - Dr. Richard Asante (16-7-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4z34sjjj4wk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has called on government to \u2018cancel vanity projects\u2019 and scrap the payment of ex-gratia to help salvage the country\u2019s ailing economy. According to him, there is a need for government to also reduce the number of ministers and appointees at the Presidency. 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