Parliament on Thursday approved the\u00a0Minister appointed for the Ashanti Region and three other Deputy Ministers.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”W0FJr0W45RsHz15hyLfspxBPlRhfMVfn”]They are: Mr Peter Anarfi-Mensah, Ashanti Regional Minister, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Yaw Adusei, Deputy Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing and Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, Deputy Minister for Defense.<\/p>\n
They were approved through a voice vote in Parliament.<\/p>\n
The Deputy\u00a0Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh struggled to\u00a0defend the inclusion of the position he held in Secondary School as work experience during his vetting.<\/p>\n
He stated on his Curriculum Vitae (CV) that his work experience is serving as a dining hall prefect<\/a><\/strong><\/span> while he was at the senior secondary school.<\/p>\n Mr Akandoh was subsequently advised by the Appointment Committee to delete the position from his CV since it could not be considered as a work experience.<\/p>\n The new Ashanti Regional Minister replaces\u00a0\u00a0Samuel K. Sarpong<\/a><\/strong>,<\/span>\u00a0who was sacked together with his Deputy, Joseph Yammin following several agitations against them from NDC party members in the region.<\/p>\n Some of the NDC members claim Mr Sarpong\u2019s action if not checked\u00a0would have jeopardized the NDC\u2019s chances<\/a><\/strong><\/span> of winning the 2016 elections in the region.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n