College of Education School of Continuing and Distance Education 2014/2015 – 2016/2017 UGBS 105 Introduction to Public Administration Session 7–The Public Administration System in Ghana: Part 2 Lecturer: Dr. Daniel Appiah, UGBS Contact Information: [email protected]
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College of Education
School of Continuing and Distance Education 2014/2015 – 2016/2017
UGBS 105
Introduction to Public
Administration
Session 7–The Public Administration System in Ghana: Part 2
The nature and functions of the president, sector Ministries,
Judiciary, Parliament, Regional Coordinating Councils, District
Assemblies, and Houses of Chiefs under the 1992 fourth republican
constitution are discussed in turn
Dr. Daniel Appiah, UGBS
The President (The
Executive) Constitutional multi-party
democracy: The President is directly elected by Citizens through universal adult suffrage in multi-party elections to serve a maximum tenure of two (2) terms of four (4) years per term
The President of the Republic of Ghana is the Head of State, Head of Government, and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ghana
The President is vested with Executive authority to appoint his Executive team of Cabinet Members, Ministers of Sector Ministries, other Ministers of State, the Heads of almost all State agencies, as well as create new Ministries, Departments, and Agencies to administer public affairs
The President has the final authority to assent to or reject all bills of formal-legal public policy made by Parliament
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Parliament (The Legislature)
Ghana currently has a legislature or
Parliament with 275 single-constituency
members directly elected by citizens in
multi-party elections. Parliament is vested
with the legislative power to make laws
and other public policies
Parliament does not have the authority
to independently enact public policy with
financial implications. Such policies are
the reserve of the President
Parliament is also prevented from
discussing a bill affecting the institution
of chieftaincy without prior reference to
the National House of Chiefs
A partisan rubber stamp used by the Executive?
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Public Sector Ministries
A Ministry is the highest organization for the respective sector which was created
to serve (e.g. Agriculture, finance). The fourth republic of Ghana started with 27
Ministries, but many of them have been re-organized and new ones created
The political head of a Ministry is the Minister and the bureaucratic head is called
the Chief Director, both appointed by the President
A Ministry is organized into four main divisions, namely; (1) General Administration
and Finance Division, (2) Planning, Budgeting, Co-ordination, Monitoring, and
Evaluation Division; (3) Training and Human Resources Development Division; and
(4) Research, Statistics, Public Relations and Information Division
The sector Ministries perform the following general functions: (i) Initiate and
formulate policies; (ii) undertake development planning; (iii) co-ordinate, monitor
and evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the performance of the sector
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Public Administration
Personnel Management in Ghana
The recruitment, promotion, and welfare of Public Administration
personnel in Ghana are managed by diverse agencies including:
•The Head of the Civil Service
•The Public Services Commission
•The Ghana Health Service
•The Local Government Service
•The Legal Service
•The Parliamentary Service, etc.
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Public Administration Reforms in
Ghana
•Numerous Commissions and Committees of enquiry have been
established at different times to investigate the problems affecting
effective and efficient Public Administration in Ghana.
•Many reforms have also been implemented aimed at strengthening the
public service to deliver efficient and effective services to the people
•It seems that the post-1970s Public Administration system is yet to
return to its best days in the late colonial era and the post-colonial
period prior to the 1970s
•Comparative historical research is required to understand the reasons
for, and solutions to, the decay of Ghana’s post-colonial Public