play videoCatherine Afeku is Minister-designate for Tourism, Arts and Culture Catherine Afeku is before the Appointments Committee of Parliament today, Monday February 6, for her vetting as Minister-designate for Tourism, Arts and Culture. Two other nominees’ Majority leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu and Prof. Gyan Baffour will also be vetted today as Minister-designate for Parliamentary Affairs and … Read more
The Global Heritage Professional Training Centre (GHPTC), a new professional institution in Ghana, which has a partnership with Kaplan United Kingdom (UK), to provide world class professional educational services in Accounting and Finance, has been launched in Accra. Accredited by the National Accreditation Board, GHPTC seeks to be a think-thank, a world class research-oriented and … Read more
Minister-designate for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng is currently being grilled by members of the Appointments Committee following Kwaku Ofori Asiamah’s, which was done a while ago. Joe Ghartey Minister-designate for Railways Development, will be the last to appear before the committee today after the vetting of Prof. Frimpong Boateng. The … Read more
play videoProf. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng is Minister-designate for Env’t, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister-designate for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng is currently being grilled by members of the Appointments Committee following Kwaku Ofori Asiamah’s, which was done a while ago. Joe Ghartey Minister-designate for Railways Development, will be the last to … Read more
The final day for the second batch of ministerial vetting starts with Kwaku Ofori Asiamah. He is Minister-designate for Transport and is currently being grilled by members of the Appointments Committee. Renowned heart surgeon Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng who is Minister-designate for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, and Joe Ghartey Minister-designate for Railways Development, will … Read more
play videoJoseph Kofi Adda is Minister designate for Sanitation and Water Minister designate for Sanitation and Water, Joseph Kofi Adda is currently being grilled by members of the Appointments Committee following Ursula Owusu-Ekuful’s which was done a while ago. Kwasi Amoako-Atta, Minister-designate for Roads and Highways, will be the last of the three to be … Read more
The leadership of the National Service Personnel Association (NASPA) is currently divided over allowance for personnel, after January’s allowances failed to reflect the increases announced in December. In the last quarter of 2016, the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government adjusted monthly allowances of personnel from GHS 350.00 to GHS 559.04. However, the January allowance … Read more
The vetting of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s nominees for various ministries continues today in Parliament. Currently, Minister-designate for Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful is before the committee. Minister-designate for Sanitation and Water Resources, Joseph Kofi Adda and Minister-designate for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta will also appear before the vetting committee today. The process begun on Friday, 20th … Read more
The vetting of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s nominees for various ministries continues today in Parliament. Currently, Minister-designate for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea is before the committee. He is the last of the three to be vetted today. Minister-designate for Lands and Natural Peter Amewu and Minister-designate for Employment and Labor relations Ignatius Baffour-Awuah earlier … Read more
The vetting of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s nominees for various ministries continues today in Parliament. Currently, Minister-designate for employment and Labor relations Ignatius Baffour-Awuah is currently before the committee. He is the second following Minister-designate for Lands and Natural Peter Amewu who was vetted a while ago. Minister-designate for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea will … Read more
…Says challenges ahead daunting Less than a month after The aL-hAJJ reported of President Akufo-Addo having sleepless nights over how to redeem his numerous mouthwatering campaign promises to avoid incurring the wrath of ‘impatient’ Ghanaians, the President has been hinting of the daunting task ahead of him. Without openly admitting that he has been planning … Read more
Dr Anthony Akoto-Osei, the Minister-designate for the Monitoring and Evaluation says his role as assigned by the president, is to check his colleague ministers to ensure they perform. According to him, his charge is to ensure that public services is discharged in an effective, efficient and timely manner. He gave the explanation when he appeared … Read more
My job is to “police my colleagues” – Akoto-Osei The Minister-designate for Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei, has told the Appointments Committee of parliament that, per his job description, he would be policing his colleagues. This, he said, would ensure government machinery works in “efficient, effective and timely” fashion. The president, he told … Read more
The Minister-designate for Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei, has told the Appointments Committee of parliament that, per his job description, he would be policing his colleagues. This, he said, would ensure government machinery works in “efficient, effective and timely” fashion. The president, he told the committee, promised Ghanaians change and “If we are … Read more
The Appointments Committee of Parliament has released a programme for the public hearing to consider the second batch of nominations by the President for ministerial appointments. The ministers designate are expected to appear before the committee chaired by Mr Joseph Osei Owusu, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, from Monday, January 30, to Thursday, February 2, … Read more
The leadership of Parliament has taken steps to establish the veracity or otherwise of the allegation that each member of the Appointments Committee of Parliament (ACP) was given GH¢3,000 bribe by the then Minister designate for Energy, Mr Boakye Agyarko, to facilitate his vetting. The Majority Leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, told the Daily Graphic in … Read more
Before night fell yesterday, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) member of parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, set the nation on a fire of controversy. He alleged that the Minister-designate for Energy, Boakye Agyarko, had bribed members of the appointment committee to have him approved. Mr. Agyarko’s approval was being withheld following his allegation that … Read more
The president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, yesterday swore in the first batch of 12 ministers, charging them to work towards fulfilling the campaign promise of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to bring about the change in the lives of the people. He said Ghanaians voted for “a change in the quality of the governance, … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn in 12 of the 36 persons he named as ministers for various portfolios after their approval by Parliament’s Appointments Committee. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Flagstaff House today [Friday] evening, where President Akufo-Addo charged the new ministers to deliver on the commitments the New Patriotic Party made on the campaign … Read more
Parliament’s Appointment Committee has approved five other Ministerial nominees, bringing the total number of approved nominees to thirteen. The latest to be approved are Senior Minister Nominee; Osafo Maafo , Energy Minister Nominee; Boakye Agyarko, Education Minister Nominee; Matthew Opoku Prempeh,Minister Nominee for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu and Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Minister Nominee for Agriculture. The … Read more