A discussion of the education and training of the ministry would not be complete without some reference to the large
number of ministers who have received little or no professional training.
Its board of trustees consisted of significant
numbers of ministers of the denomination (often appointed by a church judicatory).
Nana Addo has so far appointed Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West constituency, Ursula Owusu, the National Women's Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Otiko Afisa Djaba and Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey as Minister for Communications, Minister for Gender and Social Protection and Foreign Affairs Minister respectively bringing the
total number of ministers to 37.
Five or six years ago, when enrollments in the three seminaries of these two denominations began to show a marked increase, there were dire warnings about the placement problems that were being created for the future with an
increasing number of ministers for a shrinking number of congregations.
Indeed, a reduction in the cost of running government, including appointing the minimum
number of ministers required by the Constitution, particularly those drawn from Parliament, was one of the list of 10 actions CDD - Ghana urged the Akufo - Addo - led NPP government to undertake in its first year.
As
growing numbers of ministers and teachers began to speak a word of judgment against the society of their day, a movement arose at Grinnell College, in Iowa, crying for the complete reconstruction of society on the basis of the New Testament teachings.
«I can't be a deputy minister», he said repeatedly to explain how Nana Addo's hands are tight, because of the number of position left after he has appointed a
good number of his ministers from Parliament per the Constitutional provision.
Mr. Nkrumah's comments came as a response to claims by some critics that the
huge number of ministers in the Nana Addo led government is causing much spending at the expense of the taxpayer.
While urging Akufo - Addo to be «sensitive to the voice of the people and take steps to reduce the growing burden on the public purse,» the CDD called for a law to be passed to put a ceiling on the
maximum number of ministers and deputies a president can appoint.
He stated that, Ghana did not need a high
number of ministers as the situation stands at the moment and that he would use only 40 ministers.
Jack Marcum, head of research services for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), sees «little evidence of a literal shortage of ministers... We are training more than
sufficient numbers of ministers of word and sacrament in the PCUSA to pastor mid-sized and larger congregations and fill other traditional ministries.»
In The United Methodist Church, the Annual Conference is a governing body, often statewide, composed of approximately
equal numbers of ministers and lay delegates.
The coalition government has appointed an
excessive number of ministers because it wants to increase its control over the Commons, MPs have claimed.
We have been told by the government propagandists that the appointment of this
humongous number of ministers is a way of protecting the public purse.
Having already sworn in 36 sector ministers, 10 regional ministers and also nominated 10 deputy regional ministers, these new appointments, if they are all approved, will bring the
total number of ministers to 110 making it the largest government ever in the history of Ghana.
The fact is that the doctrine of collective cabinet responsibility means that unless one is a mindless automaton who agrees with every aspect of govt policy (and to be fair,
increasing numbers of ministers are) then you are compelled to be a hypocrite if you serve in any UK government.
As the prime minister prepares to outline his plans to reform the free movement of people within the EU in a long - awaited speech, the Tory sources indicated a
growing number of ministers are prepared to speak out.
A list sighted by DAILY GUIDE showed that a
good number of the ministers, who served under former President John Mahama, took double salaries for four years, whilst others received double salaries for two and three years, probably because they were reshuffled.
What has President Akufo - Addo's done differently with that
huge number of ministers that he appointed, what have they done?»
In the medium term, the Center would like to see a law passed that puts a ceiling on the
maximum number of ministers and deputies the president can appoint at a time and or make it mandatory for the president to explicitly provide the rationale for appointing more than one deputy minister per ministry.
According to Mr Hamid, with the current state of the economy and the enormous task ahead of the government, there was the need for more hands to help fulfil the President's promises and hence the
high number of ministers.
Plus, Entrepreneur has profiled
a number of ministers who operate franchises while continuing to work full - time in the church.
A number of the ministers participating in the project had become involved before 1964 in civil rights demonstrations or interracial ministries, or had worked overseas or on Native American reservations.
Possible effects: We can say «thank goodness» for
the number of ministers» families who can surmount the genteel poverty of earlier days.
The story is told of a bishop who at a conference grew increasingly impatient over
the number of ministers straggling back late from a lengthy lunch break.
For the period immediately following the initiation of the plan,
a number of ministers (together with wives and children) took advantage of the opportunity and were demonstrated to have real mental or emotional problems.
But the board still contained
a number of ministers and committed laypeople, who began trying to reverse these trends.
The number of ministers scarred by substance abuse who are seeking to help parishioners who bear the same scars is alarming.
Dr. Carson: We have a spiritual counsel —
a number of ministers around the country that we talk to on a regular basis.
Changing third - person to first - person in bible verses to make more of an impact is done on a regular basis by
any number of ministers / lay people / theologians / etc.
Speaking at back of a tall list of Presidential Staffers working at the Jubilee House, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Gomoa West in the Central region, Alexander Abban has said there's the need for the President to cut down on
the number of ministers through a reshuffle exercise.
The changes in the top echelon of the Armed Forces is a prelude to a general shakeup in the Mahama administration, with
a number of ministers expected to lose their portfolios in the days ahead.
We must now go much further: pushing for a massive devolution of power to our cities, regions and towns and, by extension, reducing what is done in Whitehall by consolidating and merging departments and cutting
the number of ministers by at least a third.
A number of ministers must be hoping the pillory, at least, has been decommissioned since Lilburne's day.
In an editorial The Telegraph welcomes the review but urges the Government to cut
the number of ministers.»
However, earlier, a spokesman from the assembly government told the BBC: «It is partly due to the rise in
the number of ministers, a greater geographical spread of ministers and an increase in duties resulting from the Government of Wales Act.»
«Another weak explanation, this time proffered by the president himself, is that the economy is in such a dire situation that requires this large
number of ministers to accomplish the task of putting it back on track.
When confirmed by Parliament, as they are more than likely to, that would bring the total
number of ministers and deputy ministers appointed so far in the Akufo - Addo - led NPP government to an unprecedented 110.
The founding President of Imani Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has expressed disappointment at
the number of ministers appointed by President Akufo - Addo.
It is difficult to see how appointing such a large
number of ministers, who will all be on ministerial salaries and benefits, can possibly amount to the promise of protecting the public purse.
Downing Street has said Mr Blair has full confidence in his deputy, and Mr Browne is just one of
a number of ministers who have lined up to give Mr Prescott their support.
«But there are
a number of ministers who are quite keen to have physically a copy of press cuttings.
«Ministers are now encouraged to use public transport where practicable, and
the number of ministers entitled to an allocated government car and driver has been kept to a minimum,» Hammond told MPs in a statement.
Last week,
a number of ministers were embarrassed after making highly critical remarks about the Tories to reporters from The Daily Telegraph posing as constituents.
«He had earlier refused to do that because he believed politicians were responsible for all the evil in this country and he also promised to increase
the number of ministers.