I don’t need appointment to help government succeed - Richard Anane

Former Minister of State, Dr Richard Anane, has stated that he doesn’t need any government or ministerial appointment before he can help President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration to succeed.

He admitted that although he had a big role to play in ensuring that the current NPP government succeeded in its governance of the country, “I don’t need to be in a position to be able to do it”.

Speaking on a wide range of issues including the road sector and the National Health Insurance Scheme on 3FM’s Sunrise Morning show last Wednesday, Dr Anane, who served in the John Kufuor government, said there were ways he could help President Akufo-Addo to succeed. “There are so many ways of getting things done. It’s not about what position you hold,” he said in response to a question by the host of the show, Winston Amoah, as to what role he’s playing in the current administration.

Dr Anane, who once served as Minister for Roads and Highways and also Minister of Health, said having had the privilege as one of the youngest people in the formation of the NPP, he would do his best to ensure the party gets better by succeeding in its governance of the country.

In his estimation, it doesn’t take a ministerial appointment whatsoever to be able to do that, saying “So anything that must be done to make sure my party gets better, I will make sure I do it. I don’t have to occupy any particular role to be able to do it. It’s about my country.”