{"id":279004,"date":"2016-12-23T07:52:40","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T07:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=279004"},"modified":"2016-12-23T07:52:40","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T07:52:40","slug":"stop-speculating-over-nana-addos-potential-ministers-bombande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/stop-speculating-over-nana-addos-potential-ministers-bombande\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop speculating over Nana Addo&#8217;s potential ministers &#8211; Bombande"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Emmanuel Bombande has admonished people who are speculating on which people will serve as ministers in President-elect, Nana Addo\u2019s government to stop.<\/p>\n<p>He condemned such acts as self-servicing and the fuel behind of some of the post-election disturbances perpetuated by political party foot soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <strong>Citi News <\/strong>on the sidelines of a joint graduation ceremony at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, Mr. Bombande said it was unfair to put pressure on the President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo, who has himself urged the National Executive Committee of his New Patriotic Party to give him <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/15\/give-me-more-time-to-select-ministers-akufo-addo\/\"><strong>more time<\/strong><\/a><\/span> to announce his proposed ministers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/31208999140_f7c1e7465b_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-276768\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/31208999140_f7c1e7465b_z.jpg\" alt=\"Mahama and Nana Addo\" width=\"818\" height=\"584\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He further stressed that selflessness must be seen to be the calling card of all persons engaged in politics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We must see politics and leadership for public service, selflessness and not that one is in politics because one wants to participate in the election and immediately after the election is thinking about who he is going to be in government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo wonder at the foot soldier level, there is so much violence because, in their minds, it is about what they are going to get. So let me take over the motorway toll booth, let me create pandemonium so I can draw attention to myself,\u201d Mr. Bombande added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nana Addo&#8217;s ministers, what we know so far<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The only minister that Nana Akufo-Addo <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/21\/confirmed-alan-kyeremanteng-is-trade-minister\/\">has confirmed<\/a><\/strong><\/span> for his incoming administration is\u00a0Alan Kyeremanten as the Minister of Trade and Industry.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_216279\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216279\" style=\"width: 805px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1777065969020_7998812539399.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-216279\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1777065969020_7998812539399.jpg\" alt=\"Alan Kyerematen (left) and Nana Akufo-Addo (right)\" width=\"805\" height=\"535\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-216279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alan Kyerematen (left) and Nana Akufo-Addo (right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Multiple sources within the NPP have also <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/17\/ocquaye-for-speaker-nitiwul-for-defence-ofori-atta-finance\/\">disclosed to Citi News<\/a><\/strong><\/span> that co-founder of Databank, Ken Ofori-Atta; Member of Parliament for Bimbilla, Dominic Nitiwul and a former deputy Attorney General, Ambrose Dery will also be ministers.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ofori-Atta has been pegged as the Finance Minister whilst Dominic Nitiwul and Ambrose Dery will head the Defense and Interior ministries respectively.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Emmanuel Bombande has admonished people who are speculating on which people will serve as ministers in President-elect, Nana Addo\u2019s government to stop. 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