Dr Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, Business Development Minister, and Joe Ghartey, Minister for Railways Development, have been named the Best Performing Ministers under the Akufo-Addo government in 2019, in a survey conducted by research firm FAKS Investigative Service.
The report indicated that out of the 5,023 feedbacks received during the impact assessment, 4,638 named the two ministers as the best, representing 92.34% of the score.
In 2018, Dr Awal secured 4,211 votes, representing 93.18% of respondents, to emerge as the Best Performing Minister.
According to the research firm, they arrived at the conclusion for 2019 at the end of their annual survey on the performance of Ministers, Deputy Ministers, and Regional Ministers.
FAKS Investigative Service said the survey, which took place between the months of October and December 2019, focused on project initiatives, the execution of projects and the impacts the project has or is going to have on Ghanaians once completed.
In addition, it said the survey also looked at the sector leaders going the extra mile to improve on their mandates in the year under review.
At the end of the survey, Railways Development Minister Joe Ghartey emerged as the Best Minister for 2019, with the Business Development Minister following closely in the second position.
Joe Ghartey
Transformation in the railway sector under the Minister of Railways Development was the reason Joe Ghartey emerged the overall best minister, FAKS Investigative Service said.
Dr Awal
Some of the project initiatives that dominated and informed the decision on Dr Awal included disbursement of GH₵6 million to 700 young entrepreneurs; disbursement of funds to disabled persons; Campus Pitch; Community Business Initiatives across the 16 regions; funds for business ideas in all universities across the country under the Ministry of Business Development.
The 2019 survey was the eighth edition since FAKS started assessing the performance of Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Regional Ministers, Members of Parliament and others.
The top 10 Ministers for the year have the likes of the Transport Minister, the Trade Minister, and the Education Minister.
Respondents for the survey were traditional rulers, commercial drivers, journalists, students, petty traders, business owners, civil society organisations (CSOs), market women, academia, and others. Scoring was influenced by the project initiatives, the project execution, and its impacts on Ghanaians currently and in the future.
About 73% of the respondents were between the ages of 18 and 50 while the remaining 27% were between the ages of 51 and 70.
Meanwhile, out of the 5,023 feedbacks received during the impact assessment, 2,545 of the respondents, representing 50.67%, were females while the remaining 2,478, representing 49.33%, were males.
Concerning the Regional Ministers, the team did not include the newly appointed six Regional Ministers.
The ranking was between 65% and 100%.
