The Minority in Parliament has called for the withdrawal of the nomination of a Deputy Minister nominee for Agriculture, George Oduro.<\/p>\n
According to Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, there is a damning Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) report that incriminates the nominee, who is also MP for New Edubiase in the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n
He was however\u00a0 prevented from revealing details of the offence because he was ruled out of order on matter of relevance on the floor of the house<\/p>\n
Making his case on the floor of Parliament, Mr. Iddrisu said: \u201c The President should for instance consider withdrawing the nomination of one his\u00a0appointees by name George Oduro because there is a damning BNI report on him, and Mr. Speaker, when we say we want to conduct due diligence, it is probably because of this. We here have a responsibility not to impugn the integrity of any calling, particularly when the\u00a0 person is a Member of Parliament, but when the information comes to us, we have a duty to cross check the veracity or otherwise of that particular information \u00a0…\u201d<\/p>\n
But the Majority Leader did not wait for Mr. Iddrisu to conclude when he interrupted, saying he was being unfair since the accused was absent.<\/p>\n
He further wondered why the Minority was raising this issue when the House was assessing a report on Ministerial Nominees who had already been vetted.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe person whose issue the Minority Leader is raising is not part of this report, so Mr. Speaker, I am surprised that he is talking about this. On the issue of relevance, the person is not being considered,\u201d the Minority Leader argued.<\/p>\n
Responding to these allegations, the Deputy Minister Nominee also dismissed these claims, saying \u201cI am not aware of any report so in case they make it available, I will love to see.”<\/p>\n
Meanwhile the House has approved the nomination of some 17 Deputy Ministerial Nominees.<\/p>\n
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By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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