{"id":31254,"date":"2014-07-12T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-07-12T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=31254"},"modified":"2014-07-12T07:36:50","modified_gmt":"2014-07-12T07:36:50","slug":"oye-lithur-has-no-right-to-frustrate-her-deputies-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/oye-lithur-has-no-right-to-frustrate-her-deputies-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"Oye Lithur has no right to frustrate her deputies \u2013 MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Efutu Constituency, Alex Afenyo-Markin has\u00a0accused the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur for breaching the Constitution of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Media reports indicate that there is tension at the Ministry of Gender\u00a0because the substantive Minister, Oye Lithur, has denied her two deputies\u00a0 access to the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) package for their constituencies.<\/p>\n<p>Government introduced LEAP; a cash transfer program as a social intervention for the poorest households in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The programme\u00a0is aimed at empowering the extremely poor , disabled and disadvantaged in society.<\/p>\n<p>But there have been allegations that Mrs Lithur\u00a0has cancelled the list of beneficiaries from the Ledzokoku and Gomoa Central constituencies where Benita Sena Okittey Duah and Florence Opoku- Apoh\u00a0serve as\u00a0Members of Parliament (MP) respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong>, Mr. Afenyo-Markin described the act as a breach of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>He criticized her for side-lining her deputies saying, \u201cif people are appointed as deputy Ministers, they do not act as servants to Ministers \u2026constitutionally, they are supposed to assist the Minister in his or her duty of governance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201cno Minister has the power to malign or frustrate his or her deputies even if they are not comfortable with them\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not someone\u2019s \u00a0private office where you can say that I don\u2019t like my assistant, my deputy so I wouldn\u2019t work with her,\u201d Mr. Afenyo-Markin added.<\/p>\n<p>Quoting Article 79 of the 1992 Constitution, \u00a0the Efutu Constituency\u00a0law maker established that the Minister was also in contempt of Parliament since her appointment as a Minister was not in conformity with the constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c Ministers are appointed by the provisions of the constitution. Article 79 of the constitution makes it clear the qualifications required from a Minister nominee,\u201d he clarified.<\/p>\n<p>In that regard, he noted that \u00a0\u201cParliament has to approve the nominations and confirm any individual before he or she is appointed into office as Minister\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EfeAnsah\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @EfeAnsah<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Efutu Constituency, Alex Afenyo-Markin has\u00a0accused the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur for breaching the Constitution of Ghana. 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