The Ministry of Information, the ministry that facilitates free flow of adequate, timely and reliable information and feedback between Government and the public for socio-economic empowerment and enhanced democratic citizenship, is likely not to operate under John Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen’s presidency.
This is because the leader of the Movement for Change and the Alliance for Revolutionary Change who is running to become Ghana’s president, does not see the need for such a ministry in the scheme of ensuring economic growth and development. He rather sees it a burden on state coffers.
According to Mr. Kyerematen no advanced economy has such a ministerial portfolio. “Have you seen a matured economy with a Minister for Information”, Mr. Kyerematen quizzed rhetorically while answering a question on why the Information Ministry was not included in the list of 40 ministries he intends to work with when voted for as president.
Mr. Kyerematen added that there will be no place for the Information Ministry under his tenure. Further buttressing his stance, he shared that he was part of the people who pioneered the establishment of the Information Ministry and the Information Services Department (ISD).
Although, pioneering its establishment, Mr. Kyerematen suggests, there is no need for the Information Ministry in the frame of achieving the country’s economic goals and will scrap it when he is voted for as the president of the Republic of Ghana.
Successive governments of the NPP and the NDC have all had Information Ministers. But, Mr. Kyerematen believes it is time that changes to help cut down on government expenditure and redirect such funds to assist the youth of Ghana.