{"id":99590,"date":"2015-03-16T05:29:02","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T05:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=99590"},"modified":"2015-03-16T05:29:02","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T05:29:02","slug":"ashanti-ndc-embraces-new-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/03\/ashanti-ndc-embraces-new-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashanti NDC &#8217;embraces&#8217; new Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region has thrown its weight behind the nomination of the headmaster of Tepa Senior High School, as the new Regional Minister.<\/p>\n<p>According to the regional branch of the party, Peter Anarfi-Mensah, is a strong party member and is well known by the party.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;ONbOJ5pmLF3prvxG3GV4w2HSxIyqkvqB&#8221;]Following the <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/03\/04\/mahama-sacks-ashanti-regional-minister-and-his-deputy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>dismissal of the Ashanti Regional Minister, Samuel Sarpong and his Deputy, Joseph Yamin<\/strong><\/span> <\/a>last week, the President over the weekend <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/03\/14\/ministerial-reshuffle-ayariga-kicked-out-of-sports-ministry\/#sthash.IVRoF8QL.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>appointed Mr. Anarfi-Mensah<\/strong><\/span><\/a> as the new Regional Minister in his latest Ministerial reshuffle.<\/p>\n<p>Sarpong and Yamin were allegedly dismissed as a result of a supposed rift between them and the top hierarchy of the party in the region which reportedly created factions within the party thus making it difficult to manage the affairs of the region.<\/p>\n<p>After the President\u2019s nomination, questions arose over the competence of Anarfi-Mensah to manage the region but the Ashanti Regional Secretary of the NDC, Ernest Brogya Gyamfi said the new Minister-designate has served in various capacities in the party and is thus qualified.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_96279\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96279\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Samuel-Sarpong-Ashanti-citifmonline-600x330.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96279\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Samuel-Sarpong-Ashanti-citifmonline-600x330.jpg\" alt=\"Samuel K. Sarpong - Sacked Ashanti Regional Minster\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Samuel-Sarpong-Ashanti-citifmonline-600x330.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Samuel-Sarpong-Ashanti-citifmonline-600x330-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Samuel K. Sarpong &#8211; Sacked Ashanti Regional Minster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe are very familiar with Mr. Peter Anarfi Mensah,\u201d he said, adding that \u201che has been a former District Chief Executive [DCE] under President Rawlings; he has served the party on various committees and even contested but lost in our recently held regional elections so the party knows him and he also knows the party.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25086\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25086\" style=\"width: 453px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/joseph-yamin1-453x330.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25086\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/joseph-yamin1-453x330.jpg\" alt=\"Joseph Yamin - Sacked Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister\" width=\"453\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/joseph-yamin1-453x330.jpg 453w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/joseph-yamin1-453x330-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joseph Yamin &#8211; Sacked Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mr. Gyamfi observed that it is the right and prerogative of the President to appoint persons he deems fit to serve as Ministers and so the regional branch of the party will support President\u2019s nominee to succeed if he is confirmed by Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have always supported the President in his appointments so this is welcoming news. We welcome that decision and we will always support the President,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osamidan\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @osamidan<\/a><br \/>\n<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 National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region has thrown its weight behind the nomination of the headmaster of Tepa Senior High School, as the new Regional Minister. 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