{"id":281634,"date":"2017-01-04T12:46:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T12:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=281634"},"modified":"2017-01-04T12:46:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T12:46:37","slug":"consider-mireku-duker-as-dept-local-govt-minister-former-tescon-executives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/consider-mireku-duker-as-dept-local-govt-minister-former-tescon-executives\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider Mireku Duker as Dept. 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As a former MCE he has dealt with the municipality so he is the one best fit for that position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis knowledge of the decentralization process will help the Nana Addo administration to formulate policies and programs to reduce poverty and also propel development in the various MMDAs across the country,\u201d Mr. Osei argued.<\/p>\n<p>Unconfirmed reports say Hajia Alima Mahama, a lawyer, is likely to be made the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development.<\/p>\n<p>Hajia Mahama, who is the Member of Parliament-elect for the Nalerigu-Gambaga Constituency of the Northern region, was a Minister of Women and Children Affairs under the erstwhile Kufuor administration between 2005 and 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The move by the former TESCON executives comes despite a caution by former Minister of Water Resources Works and Housing, Hackman Owusu Agyeman, urging members of the party to desist from putting <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/16\/dont-pressurize-akufo-addo-over-appointments-hackman\/\">undue pressure<\/a><\/strong><\/span> on President-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo, ahead of his ministerial appointments.<\/p>\n<p>Mr.\u00a0Owusu Agyeman said Nana Akufo-Addo should be allowed to name his own ministers at his own time ahead of his inauguration on January 7, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some former executives of the Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON)\u00a0of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), have suggested the Member of Parliament-elect for the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Constituency, George Mireku Duker, be made Deputy Local Government Minister under the incoming Nana Akufo-Addo government. 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