Akufo-Addo Ministerial Nominee Verification to Begin February 10

– The president has expressed his willingness to work with 46 ministers in his second term

– He had the largest government size in the history of the Fourth Republic during his first term

– He secured a second term in the 2020 general election

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The Parliamentary Appointments Committee has reserved Wednesday, February 10, 2021, as the day for the selection of ministerial nominees for President Nana Akufo-Addo.

The Committee therefore requests public notes for all of the President’s candidates.

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According to the eminent member of the Committee, Haruna Iddrisu, priority will be given to certain ministers due to the COVID situation in the country.

Accordingly, the designated Minister of Health should be the first person to be examined.

President Akufo-Addo presented Parliament with a list of his ministerial candidates on Thursday, January 21, 2021 – 46 in all.

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This includes 30 ministers and 16 regional ministers. Eight of them are women – six ministers and two regional ministers.

Koku Anyidoho, the founder of the Atta Mills Institute, raved about the president for drastically reducing the size of his government during his second term.

Anyidoho, the outgoing deputy secretary general of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), said in a tweet seen by YEN.com.gh that: “President Akufo-Addo has kept his word – has cleared his government and has not has no regional deputy ministers. . ”

“Pray that this first positive movement will filter through his second term so that he can leave a strong legacy as we all strive to build the Best Ghana we so deserve,” he added.

For him, it’s good to have a president who listens as “a stubborn”.

In the meantime, John Dramani Mahama’s lead lawyer in the ongoing election petition trial, Tsatsu Tsikata, told the seven-member panel hearing the case that the Election Commission had prepared figures in the election of. 2020 in favor of President Nana Akufo-Addo.

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According to him, the rigging of the numbers indicated that the “numbers had just been thrown”.

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