Minister of State for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has denied claims that President John Dramani Mahama appointed 100 presidential staffers.

He clarified that the actual number stands at 30, which he noted is significantly lower than what the previous administration had.

His remarks were in response to accusations from Damongo MP, Samuel Abu Jinapor, who alleged that President Mahama had failed to maintain a lean government, surpassing the proposed 60 ministers and appointing over 100 staffers at the presidency.

Speaking at a press conference on Friday, March 7, 2025, Kwakye Ofosu insisted that all presidential staff appointments had been made public, dismissing any suggestions of secret recruitments.

“Everybody who has been appointed as a presidential staffer has been named in a statement signed by me. So, currently, there are 27 presidential staffers. All of them were publicly announced, unlike in the past when we only learned of them when the president submitted a list of presidential staff to parliament.

“This time, we went ahead to inform the people of Ghana and left nobody in doubt about the numbers.

“In addition to these 27, three people have been appointed to assist with some specific interventions that the president wants to undertake. They are referred to as directors. They do not have the ranking of presidential staffers, so they are described as presidential aides.

“If you add it to the list of staffers, there are just 30 people. Beyond that, no other staffers or presidential aides have been appointed,” he stated.