Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the former Majority Leader and Member of Parliament for Suame Constituency, has expressed his disapproval of the appointment of Julius Debrah as Chief of Staff to President John Mahama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bonsu’s concern is that Debrah’s role is limited to serving only the President, which he believes deviates from the conventional understanding of the Chief of Staff position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Traditionally, the Chief of Staff serves the Presidency, encompassing both the Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bonsu argues that having separate Chiefs of Staff for the President and Vice President could lead to confusion, mismanagement, and a lack of understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He questions the clarity of command and responsibility in this structure, asking rhetorically, “Who then is the overall Chief of Staff, and who is the Senior Chief of Staff?” Bonsu suggests that the person coordinating the Office of the Vice President should be given a different title, such as Coordinator or Coordinator-General, rather than Chief of Staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu Criticizes Chief of Staff Appointment<\/p>\n
Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the former Majority Leader and Member of Parliament for Suame Constituency, has expressed his disapproval of the appointment of Julius Debrah as Chief of Staff to President John Mahama. <\/p>\n
Bonsu’s concern is that Debrah’s role is limited to serving only the President, which he believes deviates from the conventional understanding of the Chief of Staff position.<\/p>\n
Traditionally, the Chief of Staff serves the Presidency, encompassing both the Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President. <\/p>\n
Bonsu argues that having separate Chiefs of Staff for the President and Vice President could lead to confusion, mismanagement, and a lack of understanding.<\/p>\n
He questions the clarity of command and responsibility in this structure, asking rhetorically, “Who then is the overall Chief of Staff, and who is the Senior Chief of Staff?” Bonsu suggests that the person coordinating the Office of the Vice President should be given a different title, such as Coordinator or Coordinator-General, rather than Chief of Staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5919,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5920,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5916\/revisions\/5920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}