Parliament through a secret ballot has approved the appointments of Three-Ministerial nominees Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Minister-designate for Information, Hawa Koomson, Minister-designate for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Owusu Afriyie Akoto.
Members of the NDC on the Appointments Committee had earlier kicked against the approval of Oppong Nkrumah, Afriyie Akoto and Hawa Koomsoon over issues they raised against the nominees during their vetting.
The three were approved by a majority vote on the floor of the house after extensive debate on recommendations made by the Appointment Committee while 10 were approved by a consensus.
In the secret ballot held to decide whether or not to approve the three, Mavis Hawa Kooomson got approved by 161 YES votes to 104 NO votes, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah got approved by 155 YES votes to 110 NO votes and Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto got approved by 143 YES votes to 121 NO votes.
The three nominees have been confirmed as Ministers in their various portfolios.
The Ministers who were approved by consensus on the floor of the house include Sarah Adwo Safo, minister-designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection; Matthew Opoku Premeh, minister-designate for Energy; Dr. Yaw Adutwum, minister-designate for Education and Dominic Nitiwul; minister-designate for Defence.
The others are Albert Kan Dapaah, minister-designate for National Security; Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Foreign Affairs & Regional Integration minister-designate; Dan Botwe, Local Government, Decentralization & Rural Development minister-designate, Ambrose Dery, minister-designate for Interior.
Ignatius Barfour Awuah, the minister-designate for Employment, and Labour Relations and Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, minister-designate for Parliamentary Affairs were also approved by consensus