{"id":107235,"date":"2025-12-17T08:23:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T08:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=107235"},"modified":"2025-12-17T08:23:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T08:23:43","slug":"dont-change-a-winning-team-dr-asah-asante-rejects-calls-linking-minister-mp-roles-to-poor-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=107235","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t change a winning team \u2014 Dr. Asah Asante rejects calls linking minister\u2013MP roles to poor performance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr Kwame Asah Asante, a Political scientist and University of Ghana lecturer, says the ongoing debate over whether ministers who also serve as Members of Parliament are responsible for poor government performance is misplaced, arguing that the issue goes beyond the structure of Ghana\u2019s hybrid governance system.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the AM Show, Dr Asah Asante pushed back against claims that dual office-holding undermines effectiveness, insisting that strong leadership and institutional discipline matter more than the system itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t change a winning team,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf you have a team and they are doing well, you don\u2019t change them just for changing\u2019s sake. These things are done very carefully to achieve results.\u201d<\/p>\n

He disagreed with arguments that Ghana\u2019s governance model \u2014 where some ministers come from Parliament \u2014 inherently weakens performance. Citing the United Kingdom as an example, he noted that several parliamentary democracies have cabinet ministers who double as MPs without compromising efficiency.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs he saying that in Britain, where ministers of state are members of parliament, we don\u2019t see performance? The answer is obviously no,\u201d he argued. \u201cThe fact that some ministers here may not be performing does not mean the system itself produces incompetence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr Asah Asante explained that Ghana\u2019s 1992 Constitution deliberately adopted a hybrid structure, drawing elements from both the Westminster and 1979 presidential systems to balance stability and accountability.<\/p>\n

He stressed that institutional design alone cannot guarantee performance without firm leadership at the top.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can have the best system,\u201d he said, \u201cbut if you don\u2019t have a leader who sees beyond his ethnic group or his nation to bring policies that stand the test of time \u2014 a leader who will not sacrifice loyalty for competence \u2014 you will have difficulties.\u201d<\/p>\n

His comments come in response to a call by Minority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh, who urged President John Mahama to conduct an immediate ministerial reshuffle. The Suhum MP expressed frustration in Parliament on Tuesday after the persistent absence of ministers required to answer urgent questions on the floor.<\/p>\n

Mr. Annoh-Dompreh argued that the situation reflects declining ministerial accountability, but Dr. Asah Asante believes the broader conversation must focus on leadership quality rather than simply restructuring the system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Don\u2019tPolitical scientist and University of Ghana lecturer, Dr. Kwame Asah Asante, says the ongoing debate over whether ministers who also serve as Members of Parliament are responsible for poor government performance is misplaced, arguing that the issue goes beyond the structure of Ghana\u2019s hybrid governance system.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the AM Show, Dr Asah Asante pushed back against claims that dual office-holding undermines effectiveness, insisting that strong leadership and institutional discipline matter more than the system itself.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_2277560469115098_106292521332774":"","twitter_aToxNzczMzI3Njk4OTg4ODUxMjAxOw==_1773327698988851200":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1341,1162,10,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ministers","category-mps","category-politics","category-popular"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}