{"id":5347,"date":"2025-02-04T07:16:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T07:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/?p=5347"},"modified":"2025-02-04T07:16:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T07:16:52","slug":"hajia-laadi-ayamba-responds-to-backlash-over-vetting-procedure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/hajia-laadi-ayamba-responds-to-backlash-over-vetting-procedure\/","title":{"rendered":"Hajia Laadi Ayamba Responds to Backlash Over Vetting Procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hajia Laadi Ayamba, Member of Parliament for Pusiga Constituency, has faced criticism for her handling of the vetting procedure for the Minister designate for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the vetting appointment on January 31, Ayamba asked Akandoh about his plans to address the issue of unemployed trained nurses in the health sector, but failed to question him about his qualifications and skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ayamba congratulated Akandoh after his response, stating that she had worked with him for years and believed he was qualified for the position due to his capability, commitment, and skills. However, her decision not to thoroughly interrogate Akandoh sparked public criticism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to the backlash, Ayamba has defended her actions, stating that her signature phrase, &#8220;bye-bye,&#8221; is meant &#8220;for the best&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also broke from her usual script to grill Akandoh on the critical issue of unemployed Allied Health nurses, prompting some to applaud her newfound assertiveness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hajia Laadi Ayamba Responds to Backlash Over Vetting Procedure<\/p>\n<p>Hajia Laadi Ayamba, Member of Parliament for Pusiga Constituency, has faced criticism for her handling of the vetting procedure for the Minister designate for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh. <\/p>\n<p>During the vetting appointment on January 31, Ayamba asked Akandoh about his plans to address the issue of unemployed trained nurses in the health sector, but failed to question him about his qualifications and skills.<\/p>\n<p>Ayamba congratulated Akandoh after his response, stating that she had worked with him for years and believed he was qualified for the position due to his capability, commitment, and skills. However, her decision not to thoroughly interrogate Akandoh sparked public criticism.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the backlash, Ayamba has defended her actions, stating that her signature phrase, &#8220;bye-bye,&#8221; is meant &#8220;for the best&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>She also broke from her usual script to grill Akandoh on the critical issue of unemployed Allied Health nurses, prompting some to applaud her newfound assertiveness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5352,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5347\/revisions\/5352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}