National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is incensed at the decision by Minority Members of Parliament (MPs) on Parliament’s Appointments Committee to approve Minister-designate for Defense, Dominic Nitiwul.
Sammy Gyamfi said he was shocked to the marrow when he heard the NDC MPs had fallen for his [Nitiwul’s] “cosmetic explanations” on the violence in their strongholds during the 2020 general election.
“People are appalled and dissatisfied with the decision because the MPs have endorsed Nitiwul who led the institution to terrorise citizens in our strongholds,” he said in an interview on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme Tuesday.
The destinies of eight ministerial nominees hang in a balance after the Minority rejected three and requested five to reappear before the Parliament’s Appointments Committee for further questioning.
The nomination of the three rejected, including Information Minister-designate Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Minister-designate for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mrs Mavis Hawa Koomson and Minister-designate for Food Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto will be presented to Parliament for a vote.
Rejection, Mr Gyamfi stated, should be the fate of Defense Minister-designate, Dominic Nitiwul.
“It does not send the right signal to the NDC, especially in the Volta Region who were treated as second class citizens under the guise of fighting COVID,” he fumed.
The NDC Communications Officer could not fathom why the NDC MPs did not reject him for deploying soldiers to Banda and Volta Region during the 2020 general election.
“I’m struggling to come to terms as to why our representation in Parliament will take such a decision. It has far-reaching effects on the people they are leading,” he added.
Mr Gyamfi said the decision is very unpopular and “goes against everything our rank-and-file have voted and toiled for.”
Source: Ghana Guardian
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Was oppong Nkrumah's rejection deliberate? This is disappointing. Your looks do not much the brains in your scull. It looks you have a brain of a mad mouse.
For once I agree with Sammy. If during the vetting you see these people are not truthful and in some cases incompetent to handle their Ministries why in the long run approve them. Is it a tangible thing to do?.....Very happy he has expressed his opinion publicly..... The MPs need to get the best for Ghana....
This is an unreasonable insult to the NDC Members of parliament by their own party's propagandists communication officer. Who does this boy think he is? Know it all more than the MPs his own party's members have voted for? This level of arrogance and show of disrespect to authority has no place in our democracy.
He is very right.Under this so called defence minister(Domic Nitriawu) our election has witnessed the most violence incidence ever in the history of mother Ghana. Therefore he should have been made to go through what Oppong Nkruma and co are experiencing.
Hon Harunna, im expecting you to blast this boy.
Just grow up. You think the way you feel and think reflects how everyone else should think. The MPs are independent minded people. Give them the benefit. Even you kraa you want your views to be respected