News:
October 26, 2018
Minority Chief Whip and Deputy ranking of the Appointment Committee, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak is calling for training of members of the committee to ensure that effective work is done.
Deputy ranking of the committee who has served for fourteen years on the committee pointed out in an interview that he has taken upon himself to learn how to perform his duties effectively since there had never been an occasion of training.
He further pointed out that he learns from the United States experience, “especially how the Supreme Court Judges are vetted in the US; I try to get records of the way they go about their vetting”.
His comments come in the wake of criticism by section of Ghanaians who are unhappy with the way and manner the Appointment Committee just pass nominees that come before it.
“I have argued over the years that we need to have a format and a well defined way of doing it, former Speaker Edward Doe Adjaho when he was the first Deputy Speaker attempted to get a guideline”
Again we just assume you are an MP so you have the specialty and you can ask whatever question you think is right, in the US they have a well defined format.
In Ghana the security give you some background of the nominee and the rest is for you to use your own initiative, “it is not the best” , despite putting senior members on the committee, it is best to have some form of training he lamented.
Mr. Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak complained of large membership of the committee and hoped for the number to be down-sized to not more than eleven for members to have ample time to do proper questioning.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com