News:
August 1, 2012
The Vice Presidential nominee, who is the outgoing governor of the Bank of Ghana, Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur is to be vetted publicly on Monday, 6th August by the Appointment Committee of parliament.
The decision was reached after the committee on wednesday deliberated on the process and form that the vetting exercise should take.
The issue of how the nominee is to be vetted became a subject of controversy among sections of the public and politicians.
While some were of the view that the office of the Vice President is high and as such any nominee to that office should not be vetted publicly to avoid a possible public ridicule, others were of the view that since a lot of Ghanaians barely know the would be Vice President, it was important that he is vetted publicly for Ghanaians to know him much better.
The vetting has become necessary after the Speaker of Parliament, Joyce Bamford Addo on Wednesday after receiving official communication from the President on his nomination of Mr. Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur as his Veep directed the Appointment Committee of parliament to meet and fashion out appropriate procedure to vet the nominee.
Kwadwo Anim/Ghanamps.gov.gh