President David Granger continues to defend his appointment of 25 ministers in addition to the Prime Minister—which some say are too many—and added that his government revolves around 14 core ministries.
In major reforms to the public service in 1991, the then PNC government had slashed the number of ministries from 18 to 11. The now PNCR is a major component of the APNU+AFC coalition, raising the question as to why the new government had expanded the number of ministers and ministries considering the reforms of that period and the need for prudent expenditure.
Responding to questions from this newspaper during Thurs-day’s taping of the Ministry of the Presidency’s television programme the ‘Public Interest’,
