{"id":303597,"date":"2017-03-21T15:55:24","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T15:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=303597"},"modified":"2017-03-21T15:55:24","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T15:55:24","slug":"parliament-approves-deputy-regional-ministers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=303597","title":{"rendered":"Parliament approves Deputy Regional Ministers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parliament on Tuesday approved the 10 Deputy Regional Ministers appointed by President Akufo-Addo about two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>They were screened by Parliament\u2019s Appointments Committee last week, and approved by consensus by both the Majority and Minority members on the committee.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Ministers are however expected to be sworn into office by the President.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Below is the full list of the deputy regional minister nominees:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Upper East Region \u2013 Frank Fuseini Adongo\u00a0 (MP)<\/p>\n<p>Upper West Region \u2013 Amidu Ishaq<\/p>\n<p>Northern Region \u2013 Solomon Namliit Boar (MP)<\/p>\n<p>Brong Ahafo Region \u2013 Evans Opoku<\/p>\n<p>Ashanti Region \u2013 Elizabeth Agyeman<\/p>\n<p>Western Region\u00a0 -Eugenia Gifty Kusi<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Region \u2013 Joseph Tetteh (MP)<\/p>\n<p>Central Region \u2013 Thomas Agyei Baffour<\/p>\n<p>Greater Accra Region \u2013 Elizabeth Kwatsoo Tetteh Sackey<\/p>\n<p>Volta Region \u2013 Maxwell Blagogee<\/p>\n<p><strong>50 deputy ministers <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has so far named a total of 110 ministers with <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/15\/akufo-addo-names-50-deputies-4-ministers-of-state\/\"><strong>50 of them being deputy ministers<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The number of ministers was met with an <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/15\/social-media-reacts-to-nana-addos-110-ministers\/\"><strong>uproar<\/strong><\/a><\/span> from a section of Ghanaians who believe the ministers were too many for the small Ghanaian economy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Deputy ministers to be vetted soon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Appointments Committee is expected to screen the rest of 50 deputies for sector ministries in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parliament on Tuesday approved the 10 Deputy Regional Ministers appointed by President Akufo-Addo about two weeks ago. They were screened by Parliament\u2019s Appointments Committee last week, and approved by consensus by both the Majority and Minority members on the committee. The Deputy Ministers are however expected to be sworn into office by the President. 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