Tag Archives: VETTING

    The New Patriotic Party on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, vetted Nii Lantey Bannerman and Mannaf Sowah, the two aspirants seeking to be the party’s parliamentary candidate for the Odododiodio constituency in the Greater Accra Region. The vetting took place at the NPP’s new Greater Accra Regional Office in …

The vetting of parliamentary aspirants for the Odododiodio constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Greater Accra Region has witnessed chaos today Friday, October 13, 2023. Available source says, some ingrate members from one of the camps ruined party properties, including chairs and an air conditioner, and pelted …

The Appointment Committee of Parliament is grilling Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo, the nominee for Chief Justice, in a crucial vetting process, today, Friday, May 26, 2023. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo put forward Justice Gertrude Torkornoo’s name for the esteemed position in April 2023. The President’s nomination aimed to …

A report by Kasapafmonline.com gives a bizarre account of how an aspiring Constituency Chairman for the National Democratic Congress got paralyzed a day before appearing before a vetting Committee in his Constituency. It is gathered that the aspirant, Vicent Koomsom, 24 hours prior to the vetting exercise in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese …

Two Civil Society Organisations have passed a negative verdict on Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Communications and Digitalisation Minister-nominee after her vetting at the Appointments Committee of Parliament. Sulemana Braimah, the Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) told Joy Prime in a report broadcast on Wednesday and monitored …

The President’s nominee for the Minister of National Security, Albert Kan-Dapaah is before Parliament’s Appointment Committee. Mr Kan-Dapaah who has been renominated for the position by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo is being vetted by the Committee in fulfillment of requirements in the 1992 Constitution. The National Security Nominee is the second …

The Appointment Committee of Ghana’s 8th Parliament is today, February 10, 2021, holding its first sitting. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is still in the process of forming a government for his second term and in line with the constitutional requirement, he has presented a list of ministerial nominees to the legislature for vetting …

The opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) has said the party’s caucus in parliament will participate in the vetting of Akufo-Addo’s Ministers despite its position not to recognize the President.   Addressing a Press conference in Accra, the General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah intimated their resolve to participate in …

The Minority in Parliament has served notice to boycott the vetting of the Chief Justice nominee, Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah. Justice Anin-Yeboah if approved by Parliament will succeed outgoing Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo who retires on December 20, 2019. The Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament and First Deputy Speaker …