Parliament receives Appointments Committee’s report on six ministerial nominees

Parliament’s Appointments Committee‘s report on six persons nominated by the President for appointment as ministers, ministers of state, and a deputy minister was Tuesday laid before the House.

The ministerial nominees, who have been vetted by the Appointments Committee are Kabina Tahir Hammond, Minister-designate for Trade and Industry; Bryan Acheampong, Minister-designate for Food and Agriculture, and Stephen Asamoah Boateng, Minister-designate for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs.

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The rest are Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, Minister of State-designate at the Ministry of Finance; Osei Bonsu Amoah, Minister of State-designate, Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, and Dr Stephen Amoah, Deputy Minister-Designate for Trade and Industry.