Former President John Agyekum Kufour has stated that he did not reshuffle for the frequency of it but did so based on performance.
In his view, the President should be able to reshuffle his appointees when need be.
“I didn’t reshuffle just for the frequency of it. No.”
Using the late Gladys Asmah as an example the former leader said the late Asmah was loyal to me such that “she helped me so much when I was canvassing for president.”
“But along the way I saw that, she was not pulling the support the way I expected from the ladies, the women.
“So I said, perhaps, Mrs Asmah will be more effective going to the Fisheries [Ministry] to open the fish hub for us [government], so that is how I did the reshuffle.”
“So I didn’t reshuffle just for the frequency of it; no.”
“The president’s role is like the coach; not just a team leader.
“You have to know what your ministers are doing, whether they are being positive or whether they’re just being average when you expect more from them, and you should have the courage to say you don’t belong here, go there, or perhaps sit aside.
That is how I did mine and that thing should not be seasonal, it should be continuous.”
He made the remarks when the leadership of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) called on him.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
