The three ministerial nominees were approved through secret ballot after the NDC caucus on the Appointments Committee rejected them
Parliament sat deep into the night on Wednesday to decide the fate of President Akufo-Addo’s three ministerial nominees after the Appointments Committee failed to arrive at a consensus.
They are Information Minister-designate Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Minister-designate of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto and Mavis Hawa Koomson for Fisheries and Aquaculture.
By majority decision the House voted to approve the trio.
Oppong Nkrumah polled 155 YES votes as against 110 NO votes representing 58.65% of total votes cast.
Koomson had 161 YES votes as against 104 NO votes representing 60.75% of total votes cast while Akoto obtained 143 YES votes as against 121 NO votes representing 53.96% of total votes cast.
A total of 265 MPs cast their votes in a secret ballot which ended around 2am on Thursday 4 March 2021.
Ten other ministerial nominees were approved by consensus.
They are:
Albert Kan-Dapaah – National Security
Dominic Nitiwul – Defense
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey – Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration
Yaw Osei Adutwum – Education
Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu – Parliamentary Affairs
Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh – Energy
Dan Botwe – Local government, decentralisation and rural development
Ambrose Dery – Interior
Ignatius Baffuor Awuah – Employment and Labour Relations
Sarah Adwoa Safo – Gender, Children and Social Protection
Source: asaaseradio
