We will reject the nominees in gun shooting

– Opposition MPs on the selection committee have notified they will not pass candidates who shoot people

– According to them, passing such a candidate will encourage officials to indiscriminately discharge firearms at least provocatively

– Akufo-Addo sent a list of 46 candidates to Parliament for approval

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NDC lawmakers in Parliament’s appointments committee will reject any candidate who has a penchant for filming, Dr Dominic Ayine has warned.

“This shouldn’t happen,” Bolgatanga East lawmaker told Good Evening Ghana on Tuesday January 26, 2021, watched by YEN.com.gh.

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According to the former deputy attorney general, the passage of these people will send the wrong message to the Ghanaian public about the thoroughness of the Committee in its examination of candidates.

Dr Ayine’s comments concerned the incident involving Mavis Hawa Koomson who admitted to shooting at a voter registration center.

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She was appointed Minister-designate of Ghana’s fisheries by President Nana Akufo-Addo.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minority Whip Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah also spoke about the commitments of opposition MPs on the committee to scrutinize nominees for the president.

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Reacting to growing fears among supporters that their lawmakers may be pressured to shirk their responsibilities on the Committee, Cudjoe-Ghansah stressed members’ commitment not to be duped.

“No one will take bribes from anyone,” she told Accra-based Starr FM on Monday, January 25, 2021. “We are committed to taking no money from anyone. whether it’s because we know how hard people have struggled to get us to where we are. ”

President Akufo-Addo, Thursday, January 21, 2021, announced his intention to have 46 ministers during his second term.

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He presented the list of designated ministers to Parliament the same day to initiate the verification and approval processes.

It concludes 30 ministers and 16 regional ministers, eight of whom are women – six ministers and two regional ministers.

Additionally, as part of his quest to downsize his government, the president scrapped the controversial chief minister’s office as well as the seven special ministries he created during his first term.

Atta Mills Institute founder Koku Anyidoho praised President Akufo-Addo for drastically reducing the size of his government during his second term.

According to the deputy secretary general of the NDC, in a tweet seen by YEN.com.gh, the president kept his word by reducing the size of his administration.

Akufo-Addo defeated John Mahama in the 2020 election to secure another four-year term; receiving 51.302% of the votes cast against 47.359% of the latter.

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