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Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a former Executive Director of policy think tank Danquah Institute (DI) and Senior Partner at Africa Legal Associates, says President Akufo-Addo is not as concerned about the size of his administration but he's rather focused on having a 'results-oriented government'.

His comment comes on the back of heavy bashing the Akufo-Addo-led government received after it disclosed that a total of 998 staff work at the Presidency.

Political pundits were surprised at the figure especially with the fact that the NPP lambasted the Mahama administration for having 678 workers at the presidency.

In reaction to this in a facebook post, Gabby indicated that his uncle; "Akufo-Addo has never put lean government before a government that delivers".

According to him, "I recall in 2006, we were working on a speech and when I mentioned ‘lean government’, he told me point blankly that our situation in Ghana calls more for a well-resourced government machinery that can deliver.
To drum home the point, he said the whole of Brong Ahafo had one senior prosecutor when he was appointed AG.
“The consequences of that is the delay and denial of justice to both the accused and victims of crime. I want to focus on the delivery machinery, on results.”
I don’t think he has changed. None of his 3 Manifestos stressed on the concept of small government. To him the capacity and ability to deliver is what matters most. Competent delivery is, after all, cost effective".