The Deputy Finance Minister-designate, Thomas Nyarko Ampem has clarified why he did not undertake the mandatory National Service assignment.
According to him, he was exempted because he trained as a teacher. "Hello friends, following my vetting today, I wish to state that I was a teacher with GES that's why I didn't do the normal national service," he posted on Facebook on February 24.
During his vetting by Parliament's Appointment Committee earlier, the Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin asked Mr Nyarko whether he has undertaken that national assignment.
The following dialogue ensued: Afenyo-Amarkin: Did you do National Service?
