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Ministers appointed lack basic knowledge of their ministries - Majority leader
Ghana has progressed backward because of the substandard ministers appointed, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has said.
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According to him, Ghana has progressed backward because of the substandard ministers appointed by successive governments.
"We are not moving forward as a nation as fast as we should. It’s like the dance of some people that I know. They move one step forward and two steps backwards," he said.
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Speaking to journalists at a press soiree, he said most ministers appointed lack the technical and basic knowledge of the ministries.
Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu who doubles as the Member of Parliament for the Suame constituency said "ministers are nominated to certain sectors and when they appear before the appointment committee and you ask them the most rudimentary of questions pertaining to that sector, they are not able to tell you. They only tell you that ‘I’m a new person let me go there I will learn’ Learn what?
"When the constitution provides that cabinet ministers are to assist the President to run the state efficiently, that is the remit of ministers and if you are a cabinet minister, the additional responsibility on you is to assist the President evolve policies. What of that man who appears before the appointment committee who is asked the most fundamental questions relating to the sector and he tells you ‘I’m going to learn’. How is that person going to assist the President to run that sector efficiently?"
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