Minister of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu has justified why President Mahama decided to annul all appointments made by the erstwhile Akufo-Addo administration after December 7, 2024.
Last year after the December 7 elections, reports emerged that some last-minute appointments and recruitments of persons into state institutions were carried out by the erstwhile Akufo-Addo administration.
However, such appointments have now been revoked after a directive from President Mahama on Tuesday, February 11. 2025.
According to Felix Kwayke Ofosu, a thorough review of the processes leading to the appointments and recruitments indicates that some due processes were avoided and the appointments were fraught with a number of irregularities.
He explained that in some cases, no formal application letters were submitted by the appointees while some persons who were recruited did not undergo interviews and did not complete the required medical examinations.
He described the process and the appointments as illegal.
“We have looked into the matter and found that due process was bypassed in the appointments that were made. Some didn’t put in any application at all, others didn’t go through interviews, and some who should have gone through medical examinations didn’t go through.
“In some cases, the appointment letters were backdated, except that when you look into the payroll, you will not find that they have received any payment at all since they were employed. To that extent, we deem them unlawful and illegal. And as a government, we cannot afford a situation where people are illegally recruited into the public and civil service without due process,” he stated in an interview on Citi FM on Tuesday.
Kwakye Ofosu noted further raised concerns about the financial burden of the last-minute appointments on the current government.
“Some government agencies, ministries, and institutions were feverishly employing people in the dying embers of the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government. We expressed concern about this because we knew it was going to have an impact on our fiscal position, especially at a time when the country was struggling,” he said.
