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Accra, Sept. 25, GNA – Professor Ransford Gyampo, an Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Ghana, has expressed concern that the growing trend of Ministers hiring personal advisors and consultants was creating a “parallel” civil service.

Delivering the 7th Nathan Annang Quao Excellence Lecture in Accra on Tuesday, he said the development undermined the integrity and effectiveness of the established civil service, leading to issues with accountability and transparency.

The lecture, on the theme: “The Weberian ideal of political neutrality among civil servants: a review of the situation in Ghana,” was in honour of Nathan Annang Quao, a celebrated Civil Servant who worked under five successive governments.

Prof. Gyampo observed that Ministers hired advisers and consultants at higher wages than civil servants, leading to demotivation and inefficiency among public employees.

“It is knowledge of how partisan our civil bureaucracy has become that has led to disingenuous attempts by some politicians to strive to create a parallel civil service of their own to rival the existing civil service.

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