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Member of Parliament (MP) for Cape Coast South Constituency in the Central Region Hon Kweku Ricketts-Hagan has described the approval of newly appointed ministers by Parliament as shameful, and a failure on the part of the Minority.
According to him, prior to the election in parliament to approve or disapprove the newly appointed ministers, many Ghanaians had faith in them (MPs) especially the minority that they were going to disapprove to reduce the number of ministers of government as discussed by the public but that did not happen.
“The minority failed Ghanaians yesterday, no doubt in my mind. Especially after having the excitement of the people that we will do ‘ABC’ and then we ended up starting from XYZ. It was quite shameful we have disgraced ourselves as minority…we completely disgraced ourselves. We engineered our own disgrace.” Hon Ricketts-Hagan said this on TV3 in a discussion monitored by MyNewsGH.com.
The Lawmaker also said that the action by Parliament did not seek to execute its responsibility of providing an oversight checks on the Executive arm of government.
Parliament after hours of voting on Friday night (March 24, 2023) approved the nomination of the new ministers appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
This means that the Adansi Asokwa MP, K.T Hammond will fully become the Minister of Trade and Industry after he is sworn into office by the President with the Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso, Dr. Stephen Amoah serving as his deputy.
Same applies to Bryan Acheampong, Minister-designate for Food and Agriculture, Stephen Asamoah Boateng, Minister-designate for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Mr Osei Bonsu Amoah, Minister of State-designate at the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development and Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, Minister of State-designate at the Ministry of Finance.
This How the MPs voted
At the end of voting, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin announced that 272 took part in the exercise while three MPs were absent.
KT Hammond
154 YES votes
116 NO votes
1 rejected ballot
1 abstention
Bryan Acheampong
167 YES votes
98 NO votes
4 rejected ballots
3 abstentions
Asamoah Boateng
147 YES votes
122 NO votes
3 abstentions
Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam
152 YES votes
117 NO votes
1 rejected ballot
2 abstentions
OB Amoah
149 YES votes
120 NO votes
3 abstentions
Stephan Amoah
146 YES votes
123 No votes
3 abstentions
Source: MyNewsGh.com