Parliament’s Vetting Committee to grill 4 ministerial appointees on Wednesday

Four new ministerial appointees announced by President Mills in his recent reshuffle will appear before parliament’s vetting committee for scrutiny.

They include Moses Asaga, Minister-designate for Employment and Social Welfare and Mr Fritz Baffour, Minister-designate for Information. Mr. Asaga’s vetting this morning will be one of the most keenly anticipated.

This will be his second designated ministerial appointment since the NDC won power in 2008.

He was last designated for Water Resources, Works and Housing but the President later withdrew his appointment following his alleged involvement in the unauthorized payment of ex-gratia to some former state officials.

Head of Parliament’s Public Affairs, Jones Kublenu told Joy News the vetting committee will scrutinize the nominees taking into account the many issues raised by members of the public about the nominees.

The two other appointees to be vetted on Thursday are Mr Dominic Azumah, Minister of State-designate for the Presidency and Mr Stephen Ackah, Deputy Minister-designate for Local Government and Rural Development.

The second batch of appointments will be vetted on Tuesday, 14th February and will include William Kwasi Aboah, Minister-designate for the Interior and Amin Amidu Sulemana, Upper West Regional Minister-designate.