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Politics of Friday, 12 April 2019<\/p>\n

Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n2019-04-12\n\n

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Politics of Friday, 12 April 2019<\/p>\n

Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n

2019-04-12<\/p>\n

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\"EvelynBono Regional Minister-designate, Evelyn Kumi Richardson<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Ocquaye has ordered a secret ballot to determine the fate of Bono Regional Minister-designate Evelyn Kumi Richardson.<\/p>\n

The nominee who has been accused of perjury by the Minority when she appeared before Parliament\u2019s Appointment Committee for vetting last month is the only person among the list of minister and deputy minister-designates nominated by the President who is yet to be approved.<\/p>\n

According to the Minority, the nominee defied a directive to the Chief of Staff for government appointees not to travel out of the country.<\/p>\n

Richardson has been accused of spending $54,000 of state funds on a private trip to Canada while serving as Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Sunyani in 2017.<\/p>\n

Doubts have also been cast on her doctorate qualification.<\/p>\n

Minority members on the Appointment Committee found she that had bestowed on herself the academic title although she failed to provide proof of such on her curriculum vitae (CV).<\/p>\n

Subsequently, she was ordered to furnish the Committee with the documents of proof this but that is yet to be provided. The Minority, on the basis of this, have refused to approve her nomination.<\/p>\n

Its spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said they are not been impressed with the nominee\u2019s conduct.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is clear to the objective analyst that the trip to Canada was to attend a Rotary Club event and so she had to come up with all kinds post facto rationalisation,\u201d the North Tongu MP said.<\/p>\n

But the Minority disagrees. Akuapim South MP O.B. Amoah believes the nominee has does nothing wrong and should be approved when the House debated a report from the Appointment Committee on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The back and forth will not end as the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu refused to compromise. He has he asked the Speaker to order a secret ballot on the nominee.<\/p>\n

Prof Ocquaye agreed and asked for documents concerning the process to be prepared while the House conducted other business, reports Joy News\u2019 Parliamentary correspondent, Joseph Opoku Gakpo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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