{"id":342526,"date":"2025-01-09T17:12:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T17:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/?p=342526"},"modified":"2025-01-09T17:12:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T17:12:56","slug":"bagbin-refers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/news\/politics\/bagbin-refers\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Bagbin refers Mahama\u2019s ministerial nominees to Appointments Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Ashiadey Dotse<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin<\/a>, has officially referred three of President John Dramani Mahama\u2019s ministerial nominees to the Appointments Committee for vetting and approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nominees are Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson as Finance Minister-Designate, John Jinapor as Energy Minister-Designate, and Dominic Ayine as Attorney General and Justice Minister-Designate. These appointments were announced in a message from the President\u2019s office dated January 9, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Addressing Parliament, Speaker Bagbin said, \u201cI have received on your behalf a message from the office of the President. Honorable members, I will accordingly refer the nominees to the Appointments Committee for consideration and report to the House.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following this announcement, the Minority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, cautioned the nominees to prepare thoroughly for their vetting and emphasized that the process would be rigorous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe want to caution your nominees to come prepared. It is not going to be business as usual,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Appointments Committee will soon schedule the vetting sessions to review the nominees\u2019 qualifications and suitability for their roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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