By William Yaw Ansah
Each time Ghana comes out of an election and it was time for the nomination of Ministers of State, the most debatable issue that sparks off is the number of Ministers that a government should have. Is it a business question, a political question or an emotional question?
I have often pondered over this statement and sometimes get confused over strong arguments that people make concerning ministerial numbers. The simplest and easiest of solutions I hear civil society groups make is that lets compare Ghana to Britain, the United States, and Germany among others. Does this presuppose learning from these countries in terms of the match of their population against persons in ministerial positions, Ghana will succeed?
There are millions of arguments, however, the question of right size is often at the discretion of the policy holder and not the outsider. The outsider can only advise based on his experience and not from an emotional point of view.
Politicians have also not done well to themselves as they criticise each other over the ministerial number with no one talking about the output. I wish therefore to adduce business logic when it comes to deciding on human and physical resources needed to run a business.
In the world of business, one philosophy which businesses owners never argue on is the objective of setting up a business which is to make profit. But when it comes to number of employees, no two business managers will agree on the right number.
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