A photo collage of Isaac Adongo (L) and Dr. Amin Adam
Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Isaac Adongo, has defended the government’s decision to revoke all appointments and recruitments made by former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Speaking in an interview on GH One TV, monitored by GhanaWeb on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, he argued that the decision to revoke the appointments was necessary to eliminate financial recklessness, insisting that economic realities are based on data.
“The true state of the economy is not conjecture. It’s not about lies. It’s about what the numbers say, it’s about the data. And then you get up and say that by stopping your recklessness, he’s a terminator. Yes, he’s terminated appointments and made people jobless.
“Yes, it’s true. And people are going to suffer. Just like you people complained when there was a banking sector cleanup, John Dramani Mahama is a ruthless terminator,” he added.
The lawmaker explained that the government’s decision to revoke the appointments was to prevent the country from falling into economic distress.
“We will end up employing more people than those who have been asked to go home due to irregularities and the fact that we are not even sure we have a budget to take care of them. So, the decision was not just because they were employed after December 7; it’s because it is a fiscal problem,” he added.
The Minority has likened President John Dramani Mahama to a “Terminator” over what they describe as mass dismissals of young Ghanaians from public sector jobs.
Speaking at a press conference on Monday, March 3, 2025, former Minister of Finance Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam accused the government of deliberately sacking employees to replace them with party faithful.
He further likened the president to a “Terminator” due to the mass dismissals of Ghanaians from public sector jobs.
The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, recently issued a directive revoking all appointments and recruitments made into public service establishments after December 7, 2024.
He requested all heads of government institutions to take the necessary steps to annul these appointments and recruitments into public offices.
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