News:
October 12, 2018
Deputy Ranking member of the Appointment Committee and Minority Chief whip, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak has said the committee is set to start vetting of the first batch of reshuffled Ministers on Friday.
When ghanamps.com visited the Minority chief whip in his office on Thursday morning he was busily going through curricula vita of some of the nominees to appear before the committee.
According to the Deputy Ranking he has heard on a number of occasions where Ghanaians have said the committee just passes any body that comes to the committee.
“The duty of Parliament is to assist the President to run his government efficiently, we have had to do the approval process in earnest, we do not seek to disqualify people just because we have to disqualify them. There are criteria that we need to follow and the constitution is very clear you cannot become and a Minister until you qualify to become a Member of Parliament (MP)”.
He further pointed in an interview that; “we need to find out does the person qualify to be an MP, if you are a Member of Parliament (MP) you have already taken away fifty percent of the burden”.
Ministers designate to be vetted on Friday are, Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah; Gender, Children and Social protection, Cynthia Morrison; and Upper East, Paulina Tangoba Abayage.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com