{"id":286630,"date":"2017-01-20T11:54:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T11:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=286630"},"modified":"2017-01-20T11:54:16","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T11:54:16","slug":"vetting-of-ministerial-nominees-takes-off-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=286630","title":{"rendered":"Vetting of ministerial nominees takes off [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The vetting of Thirty-Six (36) ministerial nominees appointed by President Nana Akufo-Addo to serve in his administration, commenced today, Friday, January 20, 2017.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_286612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-286612\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-286612\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Osafo-Maafo-Minister-Vetting-2.jpg\" alt=\"Osafo Maafo\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-286612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Osafo Maafo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-286607 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Adwoa-Safo-Minster-vetting.jpg\" alt=\"adwoa-safo-minster-vetting\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-286610 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Minister-vetting-1.jpg\" alt=\"minister-vetting-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Appointments Committee of Parliament begun with the vetting of Osafo Maafo, Senior Minister Nominee.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-286613 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Minister-vetting-2.jpg\" alt=\"minister-vetting-2\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He will be followed by Kan Dapaah, who will head the Security Ministry.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-286614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Minister-vetting-3.jpg\" alt=\"minister-vetting-3\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-286615 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/V-1.jpg\" alt=\"v-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finance Minister-nominee, Ken Ofori-Atta, as well as nominee for Defence, Dominic Nitiwul, are all expected to take their turns on the first day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-286617 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/V-3.jpg\" alt=\"v-3\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-286618 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/V-4.jpg\" alt=\"v-4\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-286620 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/V-6.jpg\" alt=\"v-6\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-286621 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/V-7.jpg\" alt=\"v-7\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-286622 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/V-8.jpg\" alt=\"v-8\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-286624 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/V-10.jpg\" alt=\"v-10\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-286625 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/V-11.jpg\" alt=\"v-11\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-286626 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/V-12.jpg\" alt=\"v-12\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-286659 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/V-13.jpg\" alt=\"v-13\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-286660 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/V-14.jpg\" alt=\"v-14\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-286661 aligncenter\" 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decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-286666 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/V-20-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"v-20\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-286667 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/V-21.jpg\" alt=\"v-21\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-286668 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/V-22.jpg\" alt=\"v-22\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-286669 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/V-23.jpg\" alt=\"v-23\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><br \/>\n&#8211;<br \/>\nBy: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\nPhotos By: Godwin Allotey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The vetting of Thirty-Six (36) ministerial nominees appointed by President Nana Akufo-Addo to serve in his administration, commenced today, Friday, January 20, 2017. The Appointments Committee of Parliament begun with the vetting of Osafo Maafo, Senior Minister Nominee. He will be followed by Kan Dapaah, who will head the Security Ministry. Finance Minister-nominee, Ken Ofori-Atta, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3,2925,3242,3243],"class_list":["post-286630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-stories","tag-ghana-news","tag-ministerial","tag-nominees","tag-vetting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=286630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=286630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=286630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=286630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}