General News of Monday, 8 March 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comQuestions to Hawa Koomson at vetting were not exams questions – Afenyo-Markin defendsAlexander Afenyo-Markin, MP, Effutu constituencyAlexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Effutu constituency, has said questions asked by the members of the Appointments Committee were not examination questions for nominees to answer so, if a nominee could not answer, it should not be an issue. He added: “It is not about extreme specifics and details about technical areas and I think that Hawa had a backlash and it was based on how questions were situated for her.”Alexander Afenyo-Markin stated that Mavis Hawa Koomson performed better when questions were asked of her former ministry, the Ministry of Special Development Initiatives. Look at her energy levels to questions that were thrown at her about her former office. The NDC MPs on the Appointments Committee did not approve of the nomination of Mavis Hawa Koomson until it was referred to the plenary for voting. There she had 161 MPs approving of her nomination, thus obtaining more than the required 138 votes.

Source: GhanaWeb March 08, 2021 05:48 UTC