General News of Thursday, 22 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe presidency on Wednesday, April 21, released President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s full list of nominees for deputy ministerial positions which is subject to the approval of the Appointments Committee of Parliament. An analysis of the list shows that 28 out of the 39 nominees were new entrants into the ministerial field. The vetting of these nominees will be top of the agenda of the Appointments Committee of Parliament when the House resumes sitting. The list also shows a heavy concentration of Members of Parliament expected to serve as deputy ministers, with as many as 34 of them being MPs and only five non-MPs. Finance and Economic Planning Minister Ken Ofori-Atta was the last minister-nominee to appear before Parliament’s Appointments Committee on March 26.

Source: GhanaWeb April 22, 2021 07:06 UTC