The Minority Leader of , Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has stated that he felt compelled to grill the Minister of Defence-designate, Dr.
Edward Omane Boamah, during his vetting due to the nominee's actions.
According to Afenyo-Markin, the nominee's personalization of issues in his responses to certain questions at the Appointments Committee of prompted him to ask 110 hard-hitting questions. "Omane is my very good friend.
When he came in, my initial posture was that since he was going to the Defence Ministry, we didn't need to dig too deep.