{"id":602414,"date":"2019-03-26T17:19:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T17:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"<br><p>Mrs Evelyn Ama Kumi-Richardson may not be approved as Bono regional minister.<\/p><div>\n<!-- \/1002554\/MJO_Announcement_250X340 -->\n<!-- <div id='div-gpt-ad-1550929497923-0' style='float:right;z-index: 996;height:340px; width:250px;'>\n\n<\/div> -->\n<!-"},"modified":"2019-03-26T17:19:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T17:19:11","slug":"approval-of-bono-regional-minister-designate-hangs-in-the-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/26\/approval-of-bono-regional-minister-designate-hangs-in-the-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"Approval of Bono regional Minister-designate hangs in the balance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Mrs Evelyn Ama Kumi-Richardson may not be approved as Bono regional minister.<\/p>\n<div>\n<!-- \/1002554\/MJO_Announcement_250X340 --><br \/>\n<!-- \n\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1550929497923-0' style='float:right;z-index: 996;height:340px; width:250px;'>\n\n<\/div>\n\n --><br \/>\n<!-- 22nd March (1month) --><\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;z-index: 996;height:340px; width:250px;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/glauc-new.jpg\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">The Bono regional Minister-designate, Evelyn Ama Kumi-Richardson, has been excluded from a list of nominees to be approved by Parliament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">The Minority say they want certificates on her doctorate degree after the MPs found she had been holding herself with the academic title.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid-1 --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">Although her C.V makes no reference to her claim to hold a doctorate, North Tongu NDC MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa wanted answers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid-2 --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">Mrs. Kumi-Richardson, an NPP financier in the Bono Region,\u00a0explained her attention was drawn to the need to obtain clearance from the National Accreditation before using the title.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">The Appointments Committee wanted to be furnished with proof of her qualification which is yet to be provided. The C.V of the nominee states MBA in Hospitality and Hotel Management from the Paris Graduate School of Management as her highest qualification.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">The nominee is also a former Senior Assistant Registrar at the Sunyani Technical University, before leaving her post in May 2017 when she was appointed Sunyani MCE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TO7VzB5YJho\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">A member of the Committee, Sampson Ahi, also explained the nominee was involved in a controversy over land as the Municipal Chief Executive for Sunyani, the regional capital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">There is also a query from auditors on a trip to Canada while she was MCE. According to Sampson Ahi, Evelyn Ama Kumi was asked in the query to refund some undisclosed monies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">But the 48-year old nominee maintained she has been cleared off any wrongdoing. But she is yet to provide proof of the clearance, the NDC MP for Bodi said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">Sampson Ahi does not want these issues to be trivialised, shrugging off a push by Ablekuma West MP, Ursula Owusu who highlighted the need to have more women in government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">\u201cIf she doesn\u2019t provide documents to clarify her positions then we will decide on what to do with her,\u201d\u00a0Sampson Ahi dangled the prospect of rejecting the nomination of Evelyn Ama Kumi-Richardson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.10&appId=1559506714349564\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\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>Mrs Evelyn Ama Kumi-Richardson may not be approved as Bono regional minister. The Bono regional Minister-designate, Evelyn Ama Kumi-Richardson, has been excluded from a list of nominees to be approved by Parliament. The Minority say they want certificates on her doctorate degree after the MPs found she had been holding herself with the academic title. 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