{"id":308520,"date":"2017-04-06T15:37:02","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T15:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=308520"},"modified":"2017-04-06T15:37:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T15:37:02","slug":"parliament-approves-another-set-of-deputy-ministers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/parliament-approves-another-set-of-deputy-ministers\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament approves another set of deputy ministers"},"content":{"rendered":"
Parliament on Thursday approved 17 deputy ministers vetted by the Appointments Committee.<\/p>\n
The House last Friday approved 11, bringing the total number of approved deputy ministers to 28, out of the 50 announced by the President last month.<\/p>\n
The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye, said the House approved the Deputy Ministers by consensus\u00a0“in accordance with Article 79(1) of the Constitution.”<\/p>\n
Below are the new set of Deputy ministers approved:<\/p>\n
50 deputy ministers<\/strong><\/p>\n The President has been criticized for appointing 50 deputy ministers, thus bringing the total number of ministers in his administration to\u00a0110.<\/p>\n Although Akufo-Addo defended his decision, some Ghanaians believe the ministers are too many considering the size of the Ghanaian economy.<\/p>\n Minority boycotts Appointments Committee <\/strong><\/p>\n The Minority members on the Appointments Committee on Wednesday, boycotted sittings claiming that they need time to properly investigate the deputy minister nominees before vetting them.<\/p>\n However, the majority went ahead with the screening without the minority members. Meanwhile, Parliament is expected to go on recess tomorrow, Friday, and return in May, 2017.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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