[ 2021-02-24 ]

Abu Jinapor faces Appointments Committee today
Minister-designate for Lands and Natural
Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor will take his turn
before the Appointments Committee in Parliament
today, Wednesday, February 24, 2021.

Samuel Abu Jinapor will be in the "hot seat" to be
grilled by the members of the Committee before his
approval or otherwise.

Abu Jinapor, before his appointment as Lands and
Natural Resources Minister-designate, was the
Deputy Chief of Staff.

He is noted as one of the hardworking and astute
Deputy Chief of Staff Ghana has ever witnessed and
during his tenure, executed his duties to the
delight of many Ghanaians.

He held the position for four years, from 2016 to
2020, effectively assisting the two-time Chief of
Staff, Frema Opare.

It is believed the President appointed Abu Jinapor
for the position of Lands and Natural Resources
Minister-designate due to his outstanding
performance at the Presidency.

Mr Jinapor, should he scale the vetting hurdle,
will be walking into a designation that has been
fraught with many challenges, ranging from land
degradation, deforestation with the biggest being
illegal mining and many other practices that
define man’s very existence on earth.

The magnitude of the task ahead of him is so huge
that even some of the world’s wealthiest nations
have struggled to deal with them.

There is empirical evidence to show that
countries, where law enforcement is even top
notch, the issue of climate change and proposed
policies to deal with same, have decided the
voting patterns of citizens because of the
importance placed on them.

Ghana’s environmental issues transcend just
policy; they are about enforcement of existing
laws and regulations.

It is hoped therefore that his exceptional
qualities exhibited at the Presidency will be
brought to bear in this new role.

Profile

Samuel Jinapor attended the Kwame Nkrumah
University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and
graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in
Physics in 2006.

He proceeded to the University of Ghana in 2008
earning a Bachelor of Laws in 2010 and further
went to read LLB at Ghana School of Law, Makola,
Accra.

He also holds a Master of Laws in Alternative
Dispute Resolution from the Faculty of Law,
University Of Ghana.

He was called to the Ghana Bar in 2012 as a
Solicitor and Barrister of the Supreme Court of
Ghana.

Abu Jinapor is a brother to John Abdulai Jinapor,
a former deputy Minister for Energy and Petroleum
and a staunch member of the National Democratic
Congress (NDC).

He was appointed a Deputy Chief of Staff in the
year 2016 by President Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo.

Source - Peacefm online

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