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May 31, 2017
The Minority chief whip, Honorable Muntaka Mohamed-Mubarak has express shock with the position of the Local government and rural development Minister and the Senior Ministers not being part of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s Cabinet in an interview.
For the first time in the history of Ghana, Local government and rural development Minister not being part of Cabinet, I am surprise he remarked. Looking at the “role that we were made to know they will be playing, the Senior Minister and the Local government and rural development Minsters it is surprising that they are not Cabinet Ministers”, he said.
He wondered why Ministers of state made the Cabinet list and question why the list was full of Minsters coming from the Eastern Region. the Asawase law maker pointed out during the interview that, the two Ministers will be attending Cabinet meeting, “the cabinet position comes with salary and other condition of service it comes with a lot of influence believe”, he remarked.
He further added that, if you know the emolument structure, if someone is a Cabinet Minister and the other is not the weight allotted to them is different, I know others who are not Cabinet Minister you could gloss over it.
“May be for the government, the two Ministerial position are not priority areas, if they were I do not see why they will not be on the list”.
Minority leader Honorable Haruna Iddrisu, raise question on the floor of the House as to when the cabinet list will come before Parliament, before the previous meeting ended.
Speaker of Parliament Rt. Honorable Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye announce the following Minsters as cabinet Ministers. Minister of Trade and Industry- Alan Kyeremanten, Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Defence Dominic Nitiwul, Interior Minster Ambrose Dery, Minister of Energy Boakye Agyarko, Attorney General Gloria Akuffo, Minister of Foreign Affairs Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, Minister of Agriculture Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto Minister of Education Dr Matthew Opoku
Prempeh, Minister of Health Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation Dr Anthony Akoto Osei, Minister of Regional Reorganization and Development Dan Kweku Botwe Minister of Lands and Natural Resources John Peter Amewu, Minister of Sanitation and water Resources Joseph Kofi Adda, Minister of Railway Development Joe Ghartey, Minister of Employment and Labour Relations Ignatius Bafuor Awuah, Minister of Transport Kweku Ofori Asiamah, Minister of Tourism Culture and Creative Arts Catherine Afeku and Minister of Special Development Initiative Mavis Hawa Koomson.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com