Professor Gyampo, senior lecturer in political science at the University of Ghana, lamented President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s intransigence towards rescheduling appointments.
He said the President’s unwillingness to readjust his ministers was disappointing and insulting to the people of Ghana.
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In an Eyewitness News interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu, Professor Ransford Gyampo accused President Akufo-Addo of being stubborn in the face of calls from Ghanaians to cut down his government.
“I’m a bit worried, we have heard that there was going to be some ministerial reshuffle and those of us who had previously called for reshuffle were so much excited and were looking forward to it. But it appears that we have been disappointed. In my view, the intransigence about the calls for reshuffle is quite snobbish, and it’s quite disrespecting to the good people of the country who own the ultimate fiduciary power that the president seeks to exercise,” he said.
He stated that the president’s posture was a serious insult to the expression of disagreement with the democratic principles of the country.
“It’s also a severe affront to the expression of dissent. And unfortunately, this is being perpetuated by a President whom we all pleased in terms of his democratic pedigree. I’m quite disappointed because if you look at the posturing, it’s like you can call for a ministerial reshuffle for all you care, but he will not listen to you. So some of us are beginning to have a feeling that seems like, if you say it and make calls over and over again, you will still not be listened to so you better stop,” Prof. Gyampo said.
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Professor Gyampo called the president’s decision not to listen to public opinion cruel.
“Refusing to listen to credible public opinions in my view is not an achievement, it’s democratically cruel and backward to have a president who will say the people can make their calls, but I won’t listen. It doesn’t make you responsive to the interest of the people… It appears the president doesn’t want to listen to us,” Prof. Gyampo stated.
Some political analysts have called for the government to change the cabinet after the economic crisis.
