{"id":342529,"date":"2017-02-01T05:51:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T05:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/02\/01\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\/"},"modified":"2017-02-01T05:51:14","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T05:51:14","slug":"vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/02\/01\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Vetting Highlights: John Peter Amewu appears before Appointments Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/25450116.295.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Amewuvetnew\" title=\"Peter Amewuvetnew\" width=\"295\" height=\"203\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Minister-designate for Lands and Natural Resources John Peter Amewu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=146252114537294\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=146252114537294\"><br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1485928274_718_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Minister-designate for Lands and Natural Resources John Peter Amewu today took his turn before Parliament\u2019s Appointments Committee for vetting.<\/p>\n<p>Tackling issues regarding illegal mining, Mr. Amewu indicated the need for full enforcement of laws against persons found culpable of flouting the law. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHe also highlighted plans towards addressing land conflicts in parts of the country among other issues regarding his portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned by some Minority members over his \u2018false claims\u2019 about the NDC founder Jerry John Rawlings, Peter Amewu rendered an unqualified apology  adding that processes are on course to that effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>play videoMinister-designate for Lands and Natural Resources John Peter Amewu Minister-designate for Lands and Natural Resources John Peter Amewu today took his turn before Parliament\u2019s Appointments Committee for vetting. Tackling issues regarding illegal mining, Mr. Amewu indicated the need for full enforcement of laws against persons found culpable of flouting the law. &#13; He also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-342529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Vetting Highlights: John Peter Amewu appears before Appointments Committee - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/02\/01\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Vetting Highlights: John Peter Amewu appears before Appointments Committee - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"play videoMinister-designate for Lands and Natural Resources John Peter Amewu Minister-designate for Lands and Natural Resources John Peter Amewu today took his turn before Parliament\u2019s Appointments Committee for vetting. Tackling issues regarding illegal mining, Mr. Amewu indicated the need for full enforcement of laws against persons found culpable of flouting the law. &#013; He also [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/25450116.295.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/01\\\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/01\\\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Vetting Highlights: John Peter Amewu appears before Appointments Committee\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-01T05:51:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/01\\\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":114,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/01\\\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ghanamma.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/25450116.295.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Business\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/01\\\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/01\\\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/01\\\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\\\/\",\"name\":\"Vetting Highlights: John Peter Amewu appears before Appointments Committee - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/01\\\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/01\\\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ghanamma.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/25450116.295.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-01T05:51:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/01\\\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/01\\\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ghanamma.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/25450116.295.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ghanamma.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/25450116.295.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Vetting Highlights: John Peter Amewu appears before Appointments Committee - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/02\/01\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Vetting Highlights: John Peter Amewu appears before Appointments Committee - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"play videoMinister-designate for Lands and Natural Resources John Peter Amewu Minister-designate for Lands and Natural Resources John Peter Amewu today took his turn before Parliament\u2019s Appointments Committee for vetting. Tackling issues regarding illegal mining, Mr. Amewu indicated the need for full enforcement of laws against persons found culpable of flouting the law. &#13; He also [&hellip;]","twitter_image":"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/25450116.295.jpg","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/02\/01\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/02\/01\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Vetting Highlights: John Peter Amewu appears before Appointments Committee","datePublished":"2017-02-01T05:51:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/02\/01\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\/"},"wordCount":114,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/02\/01\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/25450116.295.jpg","articleSection":["Business"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/02\/01\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/02\/01\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/02\/01\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\/","name":"Vetting Highlights: John Peter Amewu appears before Appointments Committee - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/02\/01\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/02\/01\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/25450116.295.jpg","datePublished":"2017-02-01T05:51:14+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/02\/01\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/02\/01\/vetting-highlights-john-peter-amewu-appears-before-appointments-committee\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/25450116.295.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/25450116.295.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}