The Appointments Committee of Parliament will from March 14 start vetting President Nana Akufo-Addo’s deputy regional ministerial nominees.
According to Haruna Iddrisu, who is the ranking member of the Committee, the chairman Joe Osei Owusu is out of the country, but the vetting is likely to go on without him.
Speaking during an interaction with the Parliamentary Press Corps on Tuesday, he said a decision will be taken in consultation with the Majority Leader Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu.
The nominees include: Elizabeth Sackey nominated as the Deputy Greater Accra Regional Minister while immediate past MP for Oforikrom, Elizabeth Agyemang, has been nominated Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister.
Bunkpurugu MP Solomon Boar has been nominated as deputy Northern regional minister. The rest are:
Amidu Issahaku – Upper West
Adongo Fusieni – Upper East
Evans Opoku – Brong Ahafo
Joseph Tetteh – Eastern Region
Eugenia Gifty Kusi – Western region
Thomas Agyei Baffour – Central Region
Maxwell Blagogee -Volta region
