The
Minority
in
Parliament
has
boycotted
the
vetting
of
Herbert
Krapah
as
the
Minister
of
State
at
the
Energy
Ministry.
President
Akufo
Addo
in
a
letter
indicated
that
given
the
exceptionally
heavy
workload
now
attendant
at
the
Energy
Ministry,
it
has
become
necessary
to
nominate
a
Minister
of
State
at
the
Ministry,
in
the
person
of
Herbert
Krapah,
who
is
currently
a
deputy
minister
at
the
same
Ministry.
However,
at
the
Appointments
Committee
sitting
to
consider
Herbert
Krapah’s
nomination,
the
Deputy
Minority
Leader,
Emmanuel
Armah
Kofi
Buah
highlighted
some
reasons
for
the
caucus’
boycott
of
the
process.
He
explained
that
the
nomination
was
not
published
in
a
national
newspaper,
denying
the
public
the
opportunity
to
submit
memoranda
or
make
representations
to
the
Appointments
Committee.
The
Deputy
Minority
Leader
also
questioned
the
need
for
a
Minister
of
State
at
the
Energy
Ministry
when
a
substantive
Minister
is
already
in
place.
The
Minority
has
vowed
not
to
participate
in
the
vetting
process,
which
they
believe
is
designed
to
exclude
public
participation
and
perpetuate
the
bloated
size
of
the
government.
“The
Minority
Council
has
taken
note
of
attempts
by
the
majority
side
to
short-circuit
and
circumvent
the
due
process
required
in
the
venture
of
the
President’s
nominee
for
the
position
of
Minister
of
State
and
the
Ministry
of
Energy.
“Long-standing
parliamentary
practice
requires
that
persons
nominated
for
appointment
by
the
President
shall
be
published
in
a
newspaper
of
national
circulation
to
inform
and
request
memoranda
or
representation
from
the
public.”
“This
ordinarily
means
that
the
public
ought
to
be
given
reasonable
notice
and
adequate
time
to
submit
memoranda
or
make
representations
to
the
appointment
committee.
Fortunately,
as
we
speak
this
morning,
this
has
not
happened.
These
requests
have
totally
been
breached.”
“The
minority
wishes
to
serve
notice
that
it
will
not
be
part
of
any
hasty
process
deliberately
designed
by
the
majority
to
deny
the
people
of
Ghana
participation
in
the
work
of
the
appointment
committee
and
Ghana’s
democracy.
“Consistent
with
the
minority’s
earlier
position,
the
caucus
would
not
participate
in
the
vetting
of
any
ministerial
nominee
that
adds
to
the
already
bloated
size
of
this
Akufo-Addo-Bawumia
government.”
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