President John Dramani Mahama has kicked the Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Alhaji Collins Dauda out of his cabinet.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”RJtKq1BwlaTX949jsTX4UfAH63PGuK8l”]A new list of cabinet Ministers submitted by the President to Parliament excluded his name.<\/p>\n
His place has been taken by Kwabena Donkor, new Minister of Power.<\/p>\n
It is unclear whether the President is trying to ensure regional balance by replacing Mr Collins Dauda who is from Asutifi South Constituency in the Brong Ahafo Region with Dr Donkor from \u00a0Pru East, also in the same Region.<\/p>\n
The Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alex Afenyo Markin on February 6, raised alarm over the list of cabinet ministers saying the list is bloated<\/strong><\/a><\/span> and thus contradicts Article 76(1) of the 1992 constitution.<\/p>\n He argued that\u00a0ever since the Ministry of Energy was removed from the then Ministry of Energy and Petroleumm government has not communicated to them which one is part of cabinet and which one is not.<\/p>\n He further called on the President to clarify the issue questioning \u201cwhy hasn\u2019t the president communicated to Parliament as to which ministry is part of cabinet. Because now that we don\u2019t have any ministry of energy and petroleum we are unable to tell which ministry is part of cabinet and which ministry is out of cabinet.”<\/p>\n “There isn\u2019t any executive instrument, which is talking about the 19 member cabinet which is the maximum allowed in Act 76(1),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Below is the new Cabinet list submitted\u00a0to Parliament\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana\n
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