The Parliament has approved the remaining 16 ministerial candidates, who were examined by the Appointments Committee last week.
The nominees include Godfred Dame, Attorney General and Minister of Justice; Ursula Owusu, Minister-designate for Communications and Digitalization; and Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, Minister-designate for Health.
The approval was granted following the submission by the Appointments Committee of a 139-page report on the 16 nominations to the House on Thursday 4 March 2021.
The paper is the second to be sent to the plenary following the first report of 13 nominees.
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The first list was adopted earlier on Thursday.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) side of the committee had previously identified five nominees, Godfred Dame, John Peter Amewu, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Kwasi Amoako Atta and Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, due to the various challenges they faced with their appointment, but the committee cleared all five nominees and recommended them for approval by consensus after meeting the nominees behind closed doors in Wednes.
In presenting the report, the Chairman of the Committee, Joseph Osei Owusu, said, “The Committee recommends, by consensus, that this House allow those nominees to take the positions they have been nominated for.”
With the approval of this collection of 16, Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister-designate for Finance, is the only sector minister to be nominated for approval.
Mr. Ofori-Atta was expected to appear before the Appointments Committee last month, but was unable to do so on health grounds.
The Committee decided on Monday, 8 March 2021, to examine the matter.
In the meantime, the Committee has already audited the bulk of the nominated regional ministers.
Source: ATLFMNEWSROOM
