{"id":286019,"date":"2017-01-18T15:35:49","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T15:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=286019"},"modified":"2017-01-18T15:35:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T15:35:49","slug":"ayarigas-senior-minister-argument-senseless-atta-kyea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/ayarigas-senior-minister-argument-senseless-atta-kyea\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayariga&#8217;s &#8216;senior minister&#8217; argument senseless &#8211; Atta Kyea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister-nominee for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Kyea, has watered down Mahama Ayariga\u2019s suggestion that Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s creation of the Senior Minister portfolio is unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>The Bawku Central MP had argued that, Nana Addo breached the constitution by making that appointment because the \u201cnomination of any person to be vetted for the post of a \u2018Senior Minister\u2019 constitutes a constitutional aberration\u201d, adding that \u201cnowhere in the Constitution does the office of \u2018Senior Minister\u2019 exist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the Abuakwa South lawmaker in a sharp rebuttal described Ayariga\u2019s argument as unfortunate and hollow, arguing that the constitution has not spelt out guidelines for the appointment of Ministers under a particular government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is very unfortunate because it has no substance and it is hollow. There is nowhere in the constitution that any ministerial portfolio has been created&#8230; So far as they have ministerial roles and functions, the only Minister who has been given constitutional recognition is the office of the Attorney General so with due respect to him, I do not see how he will have any serious argument to press home either in the court or within Parliament because it is pathetic&#8230;I am afraid his argument is jejune. They don\u2019t see the light of state. And when you say a senior minister is it not a Minister of state? Is it a Minister from heaven? It doesn\u2019t make sense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_220566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220566\" style=\"width: 798px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-220566\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/MAHAMA-AYARIGA-MINISTER-OF-ENVIRONMENTSCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY-AND-INNOVATION-1-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mahama Ayariga\" width=\"798\" height=\"495\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-220566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mahama Ayariga<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Atta Kyea indicated that, Mahama Ayariga\u2019s argument also \u201cfalls flat\u201d because he sought to equate the work of a Senior Minister to that of a Prime Minister, although they perform different roles and have nothing in common.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA senior Minister is a Minister of State, is that not so? Whether you describe it senior, super senior or upper senior, he is still a Minister of state. If you have a poor sense of who a prime minister is; and you want to equate a Senior Minister to a prime minister, then your argument falls flat because when you have a prime minister you do not have a President.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo- Addo nominated the former Finance Minister under the erstwhile Kufuor administration as Senior Minister last week, pending parliamentary approval.<\/p>\n<p>The Senior Minister concept was first introduced during the erstwhile NPP administration under John Kufuor.<\/p>\n<p>If approved by Parliament, Osafo Maafo\u2019s position will require him to supervise the activities of all other appointees and ensure discipline at all levels.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister-nominee for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Kyea, has watered down Mahama Ayariga\u2019s suggestion that Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s creation of the Senior Minister portfolio is unconstitutional. 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