The three ministerial nominees of President Akufo-Addo who were rejected by the NDC group on the Appointments Committee have been approved by majority decision in Parliament.
They are Information Minister-designate Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Mavis Hawa Koomson for Fisheries and Aquaculture, and Minister-designate of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto.
A total of 265 MPs cast their votes in a secret ballot on Thursday dawn to approve them by majority decision.
Mr Oppong Nkrumah garnered 155 YES votes as against 110 NO votes representing 58.65% of total votes cast.
Mr Akoto obtained 143 YES votes as against 121 NO votes representing 53.96% of total votes cast while Hawa Koomson had 161 YES votes as against 104 NO votes representing 60.75% of total votes cast.
Ten other ministerial nominees were approved by consensus.
They are: Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey – Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Yaw Osei Adutwum – Education, and Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu – Parliamentary Affairs, Albert Kan-Dapaah – National Security, Dominic Nitiwul – Defense.
The rest are: Ignatius Baffuor Awuah – Employment and Labour Relations and Sarah Adwoa Safo – Gender, Children and Social Protection, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh – Energy, Dan Botwe – Local government, decentralisation and rural development, Ambrose Dery – Interior.
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