January 7, 2019

The Minority are demanding to know when the Appointment Committee would be reconstituted in the wake of reshuffled made recently by the President Nana Akufo-Addo.

According to the Ranking member on Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said the Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has expressed concern about the way and manner appointees are vetted.

Again there are a number of members of the committee members of the Appointment Committee, who are now Ministers and it is not proper for them to be on the committee, he lamented.

“Ministers vetting their colleague Ministers in the wake of the next list of Ministers which vetting is very soon. I do not see that, slatted for next week and this could be an urgent matter to be taken”.

The Minority Chief Whip, Kwesi Amenyaw Cheremeh on his part noted that, the Business committee had already met and programmed its activities for the week, and pointed out that the point has been well made and leadership of the Business Committee would take a good note of it.

Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com