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January 15, 2025
Member of Parliament for Tano North, Dr. Gideon Boako has set the record straight that the Minority side is only outlining the difficulties in the process leading to the vetting of the first batch of President John Dramani Mahama’s Ministers designate but not calling for their rejection.
According to him after the work of the Appointment Committee, the plenary has the mandate to take the final decision on the nominees.
Responding to a question during the Minority’s first-time MPs press conference on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 he noted that they are only putting their observation with some difficulties encountered during the vetting, and hoping that those mistakes will be corrected and the chairman of the Committee to also refrain from shouting on MPs at the vetting.
“It’s Parliament that can decide on whether it will reject a nominee when the report comes to the floor of the House for us to have a perfect vetting”, he noted.
Again, they believe the leadership of the Appointment Committee will take on board issues they have raised.
On the issues of why they did not boycott the vetting process considering the number of issues they raised, he said there are so many things that can occasion some actions; “we are there in the interest of the people of Ghana, we have to weigh the options; the problem we are talking about is not fatal to the process, as such there is no need to boycott. “We will make mistakes but it’s up to us to point it out to the leadership, the short falls do not necessitate boycott”, he added.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ Ghanamps.com