{"id":449548,"date":"2017-12-23T10:27:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T10:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/23\/incompetent-hawa-koomson-not-fit-to-be-minister-minority\/"},"modified":"2017-12-23T10:27:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T10:27:35","slug":"incompetent-hawa-koomson-not-fit-to-be-minister-minority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/23\/incompetent-hawa-koomson-not-fit-to-be-minister-minority\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Incompetent&#8217; Hawa Koomson not fit to be minister \u2013 Minority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday, 23 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-23<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/86642145.295.jpg\" alt=\"Hawa Koomson Minister For Initiative\" title=\"Hawa Koomson Minister For Initiative\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Special Development Initiatives Minister Mavis Hawa Koomson<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514024855_106_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Minority in parliament has flagged explanations given by the Special Development Initiatives Minister on the $800,000 website development saga as flawed.<\/p>\n<p>Mavis Hawa Koomson Thursday rejected reports that her Ministry intends to spend the staggering amount for the development a website.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with Starr Today\u2019s Naa Dedei Tettey she said the figure contained in the breakdown of the Ministry\u2019s 2018 projected expenditure was an oversight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow on earth can we use GHc800,000 for just a website? Are we mad? To be frank with you when I heard the report I called the budget officer only to realize that it was a typo,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p>That notwithstanding, she chided the former deputy Finance and Minority spokesperson on Finance Cassiel Atto Forson for playing politics with the error.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, the actual figure is GHc80, 000 and it will not only be used in building a website for the Ministry but the three development authorities and their regional offices.<\/p>\n<p>But speaking to Starr News\u2019 Parliamentary Correspondent Ibrahim Alhassan Friday, December 22, Mr. Atto Forson shredded into pieces the clarification offered by the embattled Minister, saying \u201cIt is unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is a sign of incompetence at its peak for a sector Minister to conclude that the document obviously that she brought to parliament she, one; never read it and two she didn\u2019t understand it and was expecting me to look at it and then correct her?,\u201d added the former deputy Finance Minister.<\/p>\n<p>He continued that he believes Hawa Koomson lacks what it takes to be a Minister of state and should resign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026So much blatant corruption under her watch. She should go. She doesn\u2019t qualify to stay as a Minister of State and so I\u2019ll expect his Excellency the president to sack her,\u201d he told Ibrahim.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CHygCopXinc\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 50 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Saturday, 23 December 2017 Source: Starrfmonline.com 2017-12-23 Special Development Initiatives Minister Mavis Hawa Koomson The Minority in parliament has flagged explanations given by the Special Development Initiatives Minister on the $800,000 website development saga as flawed. 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