The Member of Parliament for Pru East Kwabena Donkor has said Sammy Awuku does not qualify to be appointed chair of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) and will therefore petition President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to revoke his appointment.
Mr Awuku who happens to be the national youth organiser of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) was sworn in as chair of the YEA on Friday 15, September 2017 together with eight others to form the board of the agency.
But according to Mr Donkor, Mr Awuku’s appointment is in contravention of the YEA Act, act 887 which among other things stipulates that the appointee should be a person in recognise standing and experience in administration and human resource development or training.
Speaking to Class News, the Pru East legislator called on the president to take a second look at the appointment of Mr Awuku.
He said: “Sammy Awuku is a young man with a future. He’s a young man, he’s a potential leader but you cannot tell me that as at today, we can say Sammy Awuku is a person of recognised standard and experienced in administration and human resource development, I believe no. He may aspire to get there but he’s not yet there and therefore if we make him the chair of the agency, an agency that is already suffering from political interference, and contrary to the labour act we may make the youth organiser of the NPP the chair, are we perpetuating the politicisation of the agency or we are pushing a national agenda?
“We wish government take a second look at the appointment...he may have been made to chair any other body that does not have this specific requirement…I appeal to the appointing authority to take a second look at the law and also the spirit of the law to ensure that the national interest takes precedence over party interest. This we have to appeal to the president.”
Source: classfmonline.com
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So can't NPP people talk without insult?. I think we should rather accept criticism than to insult them. Remember power is not static.
THIS IS WAY BELOW THE BELT,A LEVEL HEADED MAN PAAA COULD MAKE SUCH UTTERANCES BECAUSE OF POLITCAL DIFFERENCES,COME AGAIN DOC.YOU SLUMPED THIS TIME
Was Ras Mubarak qualified when he held that post for four years? doc. come again haabah
RICH coming from you...even John Mahama was president...armed robbers without ammunitions
If there are procedures to the throne, why are the procedures not followed? that is the reason we are suffering all the time because the qualified people will not be given the mandate to rule. Is he capable to deliver?
Dr goat face, if I were you I would be agitated about the Ameri deal and the 150 million dollars a wretched ***barred word*** man like you and your friends shared amongst yourselves.It's instructive to note that John Jinapor has sewn his mouth tight like a drum. If only you knew what was coming your way you would find a brass helmet to wear.
As for me I know Ghanaians are extremely wise persons. When the government is doing something, it may assume no one is watching, but a can assure you that silent majority of Ghanaians are observing closely the way things are going on. Even though there is the introduction of free SHS POLICY for freshers, parents who are burdened with hostel and feeding fees as a result of haphazard postings of their wards to places they do not know, will make the free SHS irrelevant to them. But be as it may, its only in 2020, that Ghanaians will show whether they love what nana addo is doing or not. John Mahama was busily building roads, schools, stadia and hospitals yet he Ghanaians proved that you be doing something you think is noble but to them if they are not seeing the impact in the lives you will surely go home beyond your expectation.
if you Kwabena Donkor saying Sammy Awuku doesn't qualified for YEA then the whole NDC at their term of office you people didn't know what you were doing choosing young graduate to be ministers.
These greedy, corrupt and incompetent NDC people are confused...... Kwabena Donkor can go and burn the sea.
i could only count two ndc maggots come here to comment be4 me. f00..0ls. when mahama said ghanaians have a short memory he was actually referring to the ndc ple bcos he knows them very well. no wonder he wants to advantage of their short memory and hijack the party again. let me make this clear to this ***barred word*** ndc ple. even a cleaner at the npp office is more qualified for any position than a professor in the ndc. sammy awuku is by far a better choice for vice president than mahama. the likes of mahama, amissah arthur, ablakwa, vicotria hammah, felix totoni kwakye, omane boamah and the rest had the chance to hold public office and u say Awuku is not qualified? u must be high to think so. even mahama was the president of Ghana. it is better to give the position to some who can do it rather than giving it to someone with a fake degree like u ple (ndc) did with the SSNIT appointment. I believe there are still some fake certificate holders still at some top positions being appointed by ndc. they can not go to school so they fake the certificates. ed10ts. i know they will be coming for me but that will be a waste of time bcos I am not coming back here. u better come to my house and lets settle it man to man or woman to woman. us3l3ss group of ple.