Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the vice president and party flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has refuted any allegations of careless spending by the administration of Akufo-Addo.

He asserts that the NPP government has wisely spent money to launch initiatives that will eventually help the nation as a whole.

In order to help reduce spending and preserve the public coffers, the vice president announced that he intended to lead a government with fifty ministers.

Speaking on Monday, at the 8th Ghana CEOs Summit in Accra, the NPP flagbearer insisted that government spending cut by three to five percent.

“The networking of the hospitals—you know, Ghana.gov—all of these things have been spearheaded. So the government is not uploading and spending upfront. And I want us to apply this model.

“My view, as I have stated, is that let us bring down government expenditure between 3 to 5 percent. I believe that I can run a government with 50 ministers rather than what we are doing today.”