Mahama Ayariga, Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, has cautioned Minority Leader Afenyo Markin against directing President John Mahama on how to handle ministerial appointments. This came after Afenyo-Markin criticized the president for not following the necessary procedure in selecting his first ministerial nomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the vetting of Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the Minister of Finance designate, Afenyo-Markin pointed out that the president’s communication to the speaker of parliament should have been signed by the president, as per Standing Order 65. He also noted that if the president is unavailable, any communication to parliament must carry the signature of the vice president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ayariga responded by stating that Afenyo-Markin has no right to tell the president how to select his officials. While acknowledging that everyone is entitled to their opinions, Ayariga emphasized that expressing views on social media to criticize the president’s decisions is not the right approach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ayariga Tells Afenyo-Markin: Don’t Direct President on Ministerial Appointments<\/p>\n
Mahama Ayariga, Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, has cautioned Minority Leader Afenyo Markin against directing President John Mahama on how to handle ministerial appointments. This came after Afenyo-Markin criticized the president for not following the necessary procedure in selecting his first ministerial nomination.<\/p>\n
During the vetting of Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the Minister of Finance designate, Afenyo-Markin pointed out that the president’s communication to the speaker of parliament should have been signed by the president, as per Standing Order 65. He also noted that if the president is unavailable, any communication to parliament must carry the signature of the vice president.<\/p>\n
Ayariga responded by stating that Afenyo-Markin has no right to tell the president how to select his officials. While acknowledging that everyone is entitled to their opinions, Ayariga emphasized that expressing views on social media to criticize the president’s decisions is not the right approach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t