The minority members on the Appointments Committee of Parliament have rejected three ministers-designate after the vetting of the nominees.
However, the Committee has put on hold the approval of five others seeking further clarification. They are: Roads and Highways portfolio Kwesi Amoako-Atta, Minister-designate for Communications and Digitization, Ursula Owusu Ekuful, Health Minister-designate, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, Attorney General-designate, Godfred Yeboah Dame and John Peter Amewu, Minister-designate for Railways Development.
Meanwhile, 22 other ministerial nominees of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo have been unanimously approved by the Appointments Committee of Parliament.
Below are the full reasons by the Minority
1 SUMMARY OF REASONS FOR THE DECISIONS BY THE NDC CAUCUS ON THE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE (MARCH 2021) REJECT LIST
Here are all the Ministers who are yet to be approved by Appointments Committee pulse.com.gh - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pulse.com.gh Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Appointments Committee of Parliament has failed to approve the appointments of ministers-designate for Food and Agriculture, Information and Fisheries – Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah and Hawa Koomson – respectively.
The controversy surrounding the award of contract to Frontiers Healthcare Services, a company undertaken COVID-19 testing at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), has been put to rest by the Minister-designate for the Ministry of Transport, Hon. Kweku Ofori Asiamah.
Opening up on the matter when he appeared before the Appointments Committee of Parliament on Tuesday, February 23, 2021, for public hearing on issues relating to the portfolio he has been designated to by the President of the land after receiving briefing from the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL, Hon. Asiamah, said the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL), which operates the KIA, only rented its space to Frontiers Healthcare Services.
We ll strive for further reduction in cost of COVID-19 test at KIA – Ofori Asiamah modernghana.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from modernghana.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.