The Appointments Committee of parliament will subject Ministers-designate to intense scrutiny when they appear before it for vetting, Bodi MP Sampson Ahi has assured.

According to him, the Minority, despite their numerical inferiority on the committee, will ensure only the best individuals are approved to assist President Akufo-Addo’s vision to transform the economy.

Speaking to Class News’ parliamentary correspondent, Ekow Annan, Mr Ahi also urged the public to submit all reservations and queries on the nominees to enable the committee better execute its mandate.

“You are living with the people, you know their history, they were your class mates and so on and so forth, so we expect people to feed the committee with some hidden information so that the committee can work with it. …If you have any issue about any of the nominees and you don’t bring it to the notice of the committee, you don’t expect the committee members to know everything. If you strongly believe that certain policies must be enrolled in certain ministries, you can bring it to the attention of the committee members so we can ask on your behalf, because all the 25 million Ghanaians will not have that opportunity, so the few of us that have the opportunity to do that on your behalf, you can channel your grievances or whatever through us. We will do diligent work and then we will play our role as Minority in parliament. The best practices all over the world is that the Minority always does a good job on such matters and so I’m certain that we will live up to expectation,” he stated.

The Bodi lawmaker also rejected claims that the new government needs to be insulated from criticism and be given ample time to work. He said President Akufo-Addo and his government have no excuse to fail.

“I’m getting scared now because during the campaign, NPP was loudly heard that they would reduce taxes and now the Finance Minister-designate is saying they have to take their time, [that] they shouldn’t rush because they should know how the reduction should be done and this contradicts the campaign they put across. They said that if they are unable to implement their campaign promises, Ghanaians should deal with them and we remember there is no time frame. It’s a group of people who said we should give them (government) time but give them what time? Your four years starts from the day you were sworn in until 6 January 2021. We are doing serious business. Managing a country is not about [being given a honeymoon period]. They should be held accountable for whatever happens in this country. We will not wait till 100 days, no”.

Source: Ghana/ClassFMonline.com