{"id":54943,"date":"2014-10-09T14:22:27","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T14:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=54943"},"modified":"2014-10-09T17:35:50","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T17:35:50","slug":"spio-garbrah-sworn-in-as-trade-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/10\/spio-garbrah-sworn-in-as-trade-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Spio-Garbrah sworn in as Trade Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President John Dramani Mahama has sworn in Dr. Ekow Spio Garbrah as the new Trade and Industry Minister.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This follows a Parliamentary approval on October 2,\u00a0after the <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/10\/01\/appointment-cttee-okays-spio-gabrah-for-minister\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>Appointment Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0gave him the all clear.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Spio-Garbrah has come under <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/10\/02\/spio-garbrah-lied-to-appointment-committee-minority-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>intense criticism<\/strong><\/span><\/a> from members of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/10\/06\/dont-swear-in-block-headed-spio-garbrah-afag-tells-mahama\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>Alliance for Accountable Governance<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (AFAG) over\u00a0comments he made in an article written in 2006 describing the late President John Mills\u2019 Ministers as \u2018team B.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/15486093572_d7166f5c3e_k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55041\" alt=\"15486093572_d7166f5c3e_k\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/15486093572_d7166f5c3e_k.jpg\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/15486093572_d7166f5c3e_k.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/15486093572_d7166f5c3e_k-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/15486093572_d7166f5c3e_k-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" \/><\/a>AFAG\u00a0on Monday called on President John Mahama <strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/10\/06\/dont-swear-in-block-headed-spio-garbrah-afag-tells-mahama\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\">not to swear-in Dr Spio-Garbrah<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>even though Parliament had accordingly approved his appointment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;eAvVLS1DVb1xe0LIrLoHkiTJOyTXGJ4w&#8221;]AFAGs protest also follows\u00a0accusations from the <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/10\/02\/spio-garbrah-lied-to-appointment-committee-minority-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Minority Leader Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span>, that Spio-Gabrah lied to the Appointment Committee during his vetting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But President Mahama went ahead on Thursday to swear him at a short ceremony at the Flagstaff House, ushering in the new Trade and Industry Minister.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Mahama charged Dr Spio-Garbrah to coordinate Ghana\u2019s efforts to transform the structure of the economy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said, \u201cWe are looking to add more value to our exports. We are looking to create more innovative means of generating revenue, putting up people to work, expanding industry and manufacturing. We\u2019ve reached the stage where economic relations in the world are changing\u2026.But I\u2019m sure that you are acquainted with all these developments, already knowing the rich background and experience that you have in terms of the work that you have done in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/15483837281_06cc0d08b5_k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55043\" alt=\"15483837281_06cc0d08b5_k\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/15483837281_06cc0d08b5_k.jpg\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/15483837281_06cc0d08b5_k.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/15483837281_06cc0d08b5_k-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/15483837281_06cc0d08b5_k-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a>Dr. Ekow Spio-Garbrah also assured the President that he will put in his optimum best to ensure the realization of the nation\u2019s goals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI can assure you that with the somewhat limited time that we have in this first term under your leadership, while awaiting the second term of your leadership, Mr President, we shall do what we can to advance fully the agenda that you\u2019ve set so that people of Ghana will see that they are indeed leaving under a better Ghana agenda,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Dramani Mahama has sworn in Dr. Ekow Spio Garbrah as the new Trade and Industry Minister. 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