Minister-designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Afisa Djaba has been approved by Parliament, after the House subjected her approval to a vote.
PeaceFM's Parliamentary Correspondent reports that "152 legislators voted in support of her approval, more than the required half" of the votes of the 275-member house.
According to him, "No vote was recorded against her nomination as the Minority abstained from voting".
Before her approval, Hon. Otiko Djaba was faced with a barrage of criticisms over her inability to do national service.
The Minority Caucus on the Appointments Committee abstained from approving her nomination citing her inability to undertake her national service as well as her posture during her vetting as reasons.
However, the Committee as a whole recommended Ms Djaba and other nominees for approval by majority decision despite Ms Djaba’s refusal to apologise for her allegedly disparaging remarks about Former President John Dramani Mahama prior to last year's elections describing him as “evil", "wicked” and “an embarrassment” to people of the regions up north.
On Friday 3 February, the Minority in Parliament pushed for the vote to be cast immediately, but the Majority insisted the vote be deferred to today, Tuesday, February 7.
Debating Ms Djaba’s approval, Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu said: “She does not have our support and she will not have our support until she behaves in a manner befitting a minister.”
He maintained that the nominee's failure to participate in a one-year service to the nation after her undergraduate studies at the University for Development Studies disqualified her from public service.
Mr Iddrisu said he was “referring to Act 426 section 7 of the Constitution”, adding: “It is also a national obligation. She, in her answers, was forthright and was candid with the committee that ‘I have not done national service’. Therefore, can she work in the public service of Ghana and hold the high office of a minister of state?”
But, Suhum MP Frederick Opare-Ansah pointed out that the requirement of ministers is similar to that of parliamentarians and if parliamentarians were not requested to present a national service certificate before being cleared to contest as MPs, it would be needless to request for a national service certificate from Ms Djaba.
Peace FM News Bulletin at 6 pm, monitored by Peacefmonline.com, disclosed that Hon. Otiko Djaba has finally had a smooth ride to head the Ministry.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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THANK GOD NATIONAL SERVICE IS NOT IMPORTANT AND MY DAD IS WORRYING ME LIKE THIS?
No woman would be happy with a man that has enjoyed her sweet potato and left her to marry another woman. John mahama had been billed to marry otiko, but after enjoying the thing for a while decided to go in for lordina. That makes him wicked and of an evil heart. After all otiko is quite beautiful too. Did you ever hear john mahama replying her direct, no. Because he knew he broke her heart.
I dont think that national service must be used to prevent qualified personalities from serving their country,after all all services are national if they are rendered for the betterment of our nation Ghana. Are we implying that only people with national service clearance are eligible to vote? Some of us are O-Level graders but are far more brilliant than must of the graduates we find in our system today.
Congrats Otiko, Nana Addo finds you good in bed just as kennedy agyapong and Adwoa Safowaa. Morals, you have none. Styles in bed may be
Kwasi Ababio thinks Nana is like Mahama who love women with extraordinary bottom like Victoria Hammar. Even Oti Bless and the likes were approved to take ministerial positions when there was no need at the time.
Otiko doesn't NEED to have the support of Haruna and his co. She HAS the support of even the trees and stones, rivers and mountains of the entire world for her bold stand of truth. Shame, shame shame.
NDC has been massivily rejected by good and competent Ghanaians and they making mouth, mouth instead of shamefully hiding themselves to enjoy their stolen things. LOOK, KOFI Adams was a teacher like me Omane Boamah was a junior Doctor but that God they had enough money to build big mansions and uncountable cars whiles their colleagues in the field are still crying for their salary arrears. Now you have the effrontery to say Otiko must not be approved because he called you Babies with sharp teeth BST. Reject her and bring your maathers to replace her
Majority in parliament have approved Madam Otiko Djaba as Gender Minister while the minority abstained and disapproved her as minister. This Lady is going to be (and now is) gender minister. Can any of the minority mainly NDC MPs who disapproved her go to her for something involving the gender ministry?
Disgraceful Otiko has finally been approved thru a vote.She is Not befitting of a minsiterial role.I think NANA Addo slept with her before giving her the job.
so ndc were in a comfortable lead in this process?