[ 2017-01-27 ]

Titus-Glover, member of the Appointment Committee of Parliament

Even Okudzeto, Kwabena Akando & co were approved - Titus Glover mocks
A member of the Appointment Committee of
Parliament has slighted appointees of the then
National Democratic Congress government, claiming
if then Deputy Education Minister, Samuel Okudzeto
Ablakwa, then Deputy Minister for Lands and
Natural Resources, Kwabena Mintah Akando, and a
former Minister of State at the Presidency,
Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe Ghansah, were approved, how
much more New Patriotic Party (NPP)
ministers-designate.

Mr. Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover says the
aforementioned former appointees performed
abysmally during their vetting, yet the committee
approved them for them to serve the nation under
the NDC government.

Parliament after vetting thirteen (13) ministerial
nominees appointed by the President, Nana Addo
Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday approved eight (8)
of them, leaving out the Senior Minister
designate, Yaw Osafo Maafo, Energy Minister
designate, Boakye Agyarko, Health Minister
designate, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, Minister designate
for Agriculture, Owusu Akoto Afriyie, and
Education Minister designate, Dr. Matthew Opoku
Prempeh.

Speaking in an interview on Onua FM’s Yen Nsempa
hosted by Bright Asempa on Friday, Mr.
Titus-Glover explained that Mr. Osafo Maafo told
the Appointments Committee during the vetting that
he had failed to declare his assets for two terms
as an MP and that is why leadership have decided
to hold on to his approval.

He added that leadership is holding on to that of
the Energy Minister designate, Boakye Agyarko, due
to some allegations he made during the vetting
that the former government awarded a contract
which he [Boakye Agyarko] could not substantiate.

The Tema East MP said these are the issues that
are holding up the two appointees but was
optimistic that the Committee will approve them by
next week during sitting. Titus-Glover said the
Health Minister designate, Kwaku Agyeman Manu,
Minister designate for Agriculture, Owusu Akoto
Afriyie, and Education Minister designate, Dr.
Matthew Opoku Prempeh, have no issues “so we
shall approve them by next week. There is no
problem with the others”.

The MP threatened that “if they do not approve
them, we shall bring them to the floor to vote on
them because even Okudzeto Ablakwa was even
approved.

Kwabena Mintah Akando was even approved. Doyoe
Cudjoe Ghansah was approved, how much more these
people”.

Asked to explain his comparison, Mr. Titus-Glover
said the former appointees could not justify why
they should be approved during their vetting, yet
the Committee approved them.

“They could not even talk during the vetting”,
he claimed.

Source - 3news.com

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