Chairman of Parliament’s Appointment Committee Joseph Osei-Owusu has insisted all 13 ministers-designate vetted\u00a0are set for parliamentary approval although the Minority leader disagrees.<\/p>\n
The Minority leader\u00a0Haruna\u00a0Idrrisu\u00a0told Joy News\u00a0there is consensus on all but one nominee – the Senior minister-designate Yaw Osafo Maafo.<\/p>\n
Mr Maafo is one of the troubled two nominees whose recommendation has been pending since Monday.<\/p>\n
The nominee who is a former Finance Minister is yet to disentangle himself from claims that he made some ethnocentric comments in November 2015.<\/p>\n
According to Mr Iddrisu such “nation-wrecking comment should not be tolerated.”<\/p>\n
This is at the heart of the Minority’s problem with the nominee who during vetting claimed his comments have been misconstrued.<\/p>\n
An unconvinced Minority want to listen to the tape to determine the veracity of his claims.<\/p>\n
Mr Iddrisu said the Appointment Committee has passed all except Osaafo Marfo\u00a0a determination for which he said would be made\u00a0on Monday.<\/p>\n
But Joe Osei Owusu told Joy News, “I can assure you that all the 13 nominees have been cleared and the report will reflect that.”<\/p>\n
He said Mr Maafo has supplied enough information to satisfy the Committee which would forward his name for approval.<\/p>\n
The Senior minister-designate was not the only nominee to have run into problems with the Committee.<\/p>\n
Energy minister-designate Boakye Agyarko’s approval was also put on hold after the Minority said it wants the nominee to substantiate claims he made during his vetting last Saturday.<\/p>\n
In one of the claims, Boakye Agyarko claimed the World Bank pressurized then President John Dramani Mahama into some policy decisions.<\/p>\n
It appears the Committee no longer has a problem with the nominee. It is not clear when Parliament will approve the list of vetted ministers-designate.<\/p>\n
Credit:myjoyonline.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"