Matthew Opoku Prempeh
FAKS Investigative Services has adjudged Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister of Education, as the best minister for 2017 in the latest performance appraisal research.
According to the performance appraisal of FAKS, Dr Opoku Prempeh scored 93.7 percent, while Kwaku Agyeman Manu, Health Minister and John Peter Amewu, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources scored 91.3 percent and 88.7 percent respectively for the second and third positions.
FAKS International Services is a Ghanaian research and investigative company, which conducted survey to assess the performance of Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Regional Ministers, Members of Parliament and Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of State-Owned Enterprises and Public Relations Officers for the year 2017.
According to the survey, Shirley Ayorkor Botwe, Foreign Affairs Minister and Kwasi Amoako Atta, Roads and Highways Minister jointly placed fourth, while Dr Afriye Akoto, Minister of Agriculture and Gloria Akuffo- Attorney General, also jointly placed fifth.
Boakye Agyarko, Minster for Energy, placed sixth, while Alan Kyeremanten, Minister of Trade and Industry and Ursula Owusu-Ekuful- Minister of Communications, jointly placed seventh.
Dan Botwe, Regional Reorganisation and Development Minister, placed eighth while Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, Minister of Transport placed ninth and Ibrahim Awal Mohammed, Minister for Business Development placed tenth.
The survey, which was conducted between October and December, sought the opinions of Ghanaians as to which Minister performed exceptionally and needed to be recognised.
The 2017 project is the sixth edition since FAKS started assessing the performance of Ministers, Deputies, Regional Ministers, MPs, PROs and others.
Fred Yaw Sarpong, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of FAKS Investigative Services, in an interview with Ghana News Agency, said the survey would encourage other serving Ministers to sit up and be recognized.
He said the respondents included students, petty traders, journalists, CSOs traditional rulers, academia, business owners, commercial drivers, among others.
GNA