The Appointments Committee of Parliament is set to begin its sitting today [Monday, February 24, 2025] to consider the nomination of Lydia Lamisi Akanvariba as the Minister of State Designate for Public Sector Reforms.
The Committee will also vet Thomas Nyarko Ampem, the Deputy Minister Designate for Finance, Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi, the Deputy Minister Designate for the Ministry of the Interior, and Sampson Ahi, the Deputy Minister Designate for the Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness, and Industry.
Member of the Appointments Committee and MP for Zabzugu, Alhassan Umar said the number of 10 guests per nominee directive will also be strictly enforced to ensure sanity and smoothness of the process.
“Tomorrow, February 24, the Appointments Committee will start the vetting of the 14 nominees that the President put out about three weeks ago. We have scheduled four for tomorrow, three for Tuesday, and four for Wednesday. And then the remaining would have come on Thursday but because of the State of the Nation address by the President, we were shifting it to Friday [February 28].
Key Ministerial Appointments The nominees for deputy ministerial positions include:
Thomas Nyarko Ampem (Finance) Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi (Interior) Ernest Brogya Gyenfi (Defence) Clement Abas Apaak (Education) Richard Gyan-Mensah (Energy & Green Transition)
Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini (Roads & Highways)
Justice Srem-Sai (Justice & Attorney General)
Yusif Sulemana (Lands & Natural Resources)
Rita Naa Odoley Sowah (Local Government, Chieftaincy & Religious Affairs)
Gizella Tettey-Agbotui (Works, Housing & Water Resources)
Yussif Issaka Jajah (Tourism, Culture & Creative Arts)
John Kofi Setor Dumelo (Food & Agriculture)
Samson Ahi (Trade, Agribusiness & Industry)
