Franklin Cudjoe shared his thoughts about Parliament's Appointments Committee's ongoing vetting of government nominees. He believes that Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the MP for Effutu, has been asking the most important questions to test how qualified the nominees are for their jobs.
Mr. Cudjoe said that without Afenyo-Markin's questions, the vetting would have been dull, and people wouldn't have learned as much about the nominees. He posted this opinion on social media to let others know what he thinks.
However, Mr. Cudjoe is not happy that Bernard Ahiafor has come back as the leader of the Appointments Committee. Mr. Ahiafor is also the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament. Since Monday, February 24, when the vetting started again, Kweku Rickett Hagan, the MP for Cape Coast South and Deputy Majority Leader, has been in charge of the committee.
The committee has already vetted people like John Setor Dumelo, who wants to be the Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, and Lydia Akanvariba, who would be the Minister of State in charge of Public Sector Reforms, among others.
On Wednesday, Mr. Ahiafor, who has led the committee since President John Dramani Mahama started choosing people for jobs, took over again, but not everyone was happy about it.
Franklin Cudjoe wrote that bringing back the "most rigid, unprepared, and severely uninspiring chairman" was not a good idea. He said it was sad and that they should bring back Ricketts-Hagan instead.
Mr. Cudjoe explained that they had two days of friendly, respectful, educational, and entertaining vetting with Ricketts-Hagan as the leader. He said that having the "uninspiring, unprepared, boring, and unfairly opinionated and political chairman" back was not good.
He thinks that Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan should have been the leader of the Appointments Committee from the very beginning. According to Mr. Cudjoe, Ricketts-Hagan understands the topics, helps to clarify Afenyo-Markin's questions and nominees' answers, and knows who should ask questions at important times.
Mr. Cudjoe said that without Afenyo-Markin's questions, the vetting would have been dull, and people wouldn't have learned as much about the nominees. He posted this opinion on social media to let others know what he thinks.
However, Mr. Cudjoe is not happy that Bernard Ahiafor has come back as the leader of the Appointments Committee. Mr. Ahiafor is also the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament. Since Monday, February 24, when the vetting started again, Kweku Rickett Hagan, the MP for Cape Coast South and Deputy Majority Leader, has been in charge of the committee.
The committee has already vetted people like John Setor Dumelo, who wants to be the Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, and Lydia Akanvariba, who would be the Minister of State in charge of Public Sector Reforms, among others.
On Wednesday, Mr. Ahiafor, who has led the committee since President John Dramani Mahama started choosing people for jobs, took over again, but not everyone was happy about it.
Franklin Cudjoe wrote that bringing back the "most rigid, unprepared, and severely uninspiring chairman" was not a good idea. He said it was sad and that they should bring back Ricketts-Hagan instead.
Mr. Cudjoe explained that they had two days of friendly, respectful, educational, and entertaining vetting with Ricketts-Hagan as the leader. He said that having the "uninspiring, unprepared, boring, and unfairly opinionated and political chairman" back was not good.
He thinks that Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan should have been the leader of the Appointments Committee from the very beginning. According to Mr. Cudjoe, Ricketts-Hagan understands the topics, helps to clarify Afenyo-Markin's questions and nominees' answers, and knows who should ask questions at important times.
