Work with urgency to ensure success of four-year mandate – Mahama to Ministers

President John Dramani Mahama has urged his ministers to work with urgency to ensure the success of the government’s four-year mandate.

He made this call after swearing in the Minister of State for Public Sector Reforms, Lydia Akanvariba, along with 13 deputy ministers, at the Jubilee House on Wednesday, March 12.

President Mahama stressed the need for public officers to align with the government’s pace and priorities.

“There are two clocks we hear. For those of us elected by the people of Ghana to lead them, the clock we hear is the ticking of the fast clock of the four-year time frame given to us by the people of Ghana.

“The officers you will be working with in the public services have security of tenure, and they hear a more relaxed clock, and that clock ticks towards their retirement age of 60 years. They may therefore not be in as much a hurry as you,” he explained.

He urged the ministers to motivate and inspire public officers to match the government’s sense of urgency.

“You must therefore work to encourage and incentivize them to work at the pace of your four-year mandate that the people of Ghana have given to you. If you are able to let them see the urgency and the hurry in which this government is, we shall achieve success,” he stated.