News:
August 15, 2014
Deputy Minister for Employment and Labour Relations Baba Jamal has said the minister-designate for Trade and Industry will have a difficult time working with other ministers of state after he slighted them by labeling them as “Team B”ministers.
Dr Ekow Spio-Garbrah, who has been nominated by President John Mahama as minister for Trade and Industry at his vetting told Parliament Appointments Committee that his comments were misconstrued and that he never intended to insult the ministers.
The former Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States of America and former Communications Minister suffered the wrath of his party members in 2009 after he described appointees of the former President Mills led government in a statement as “Team B” when he was not appointed as a minister.
The nominee had a difficult time acquitting himself during the vetting as members of the committee grilled him on that issue which compelled him to openly apologize over the comment.
Even after his apology, Hon.Baba Jamal who is also the Member of Parliament for Akwatia believes that his apology will not heal the “wounds” that his unfortunate comments caused some of the serving ministers.
He wondered how Dr Spio Garbrah would work freely with his other colleague ministers, who might not have forgiven him for his comments.
Dr Ekow Spio-Garbrah will know his fate as to whether he would be passed or rejected when Parliaments convenes to sit on the report of the Appointment Committee.
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