{"id":296986,"date":"2017-02-24T13:48:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T13:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=296986"},"modified":"2017-02-24T13:48:43","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T13:48:43","slug":"akufo-addo-erred-in-creating-new-ministries-quashigah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/akufo-addo-erred-in-creating-new-ministries-quashigah\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo erred in creating new ministries \u2013 Quashigah"},"content":{"rendered":"
National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Keta Constituency, Richard Quashigah, has accused President Akufo-Addo of breaching the law in his creation and realignment of \u00a0ministries.<\/p>\n
According to him, the President was mandated to do so only by an Executive Instrument.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”9EPsPTEOGRIwGvVm5aqB4adKy7YVx4rL”]Raising the issue on the floor of Parliament, the Keta legislator said,<\/p>\n
\u201cIt appears to me that because the President was in so much of a hurry he breached the rules, the laws of our countries in appointing ministers of state and especially the\u00a0creation of ministries and realignment of ministries.\u201d<\/p>\n
He argued that based on the Civil Service Amendment Act 2001, which states that subject to the constitution, the President should by Executive Instrument publish in a gazette the establishment or re-designation of a ministry.<\/p>\n
But the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensa-Bonsu, disagreed with Mr. Quashigah\u2019s stance, and insisted that there was an official publication on the creation and realignment of the said ministries.<\/p>\n
\u2018Senior minister position unconstitutional\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n President Akufo-Addo’s creation of the \u201csenior minister\u201d position, currently occupied by Yaw Osafo Maafo, was \u00a0also recently described as unconstitutional by another minority member, Mahama Ayariga, who is also the Member of Parliament for Bawku Central constituency.<\/p>\n