Ghana's Minority Caucus Boycotts Vetting of Trade minister designate.

The vetting of the Deputy Minister-designate for Trade and Industry has been boycotted by members of Ghana's Parliamentary Appointments Committee's Minority Caucus.

Kofi Ahenkorah-Marfo, the Deputy Trade and Industry Minister-designate, is scheduled to be vetted today, July 2, but a press release signed by Ghana's Minority Leader Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson states that he and his members will abstain from the procedure. Minority members claim that present economic issues prevent them from participating in the vetting process.

The caucus also referenced the relocation of foreign corporations from Ghana, indicating such situations warrant a drop in government size rather than an addition. "We are once again unable to support President Akufo-Addo's nomination at this time because our country has

We are again unable to support this nomination by President Akufo-Addo at this time because our country has gone through (and continues to go through) very difficult periods, including the crippling economic crisis, food insecurity, debt default as a result of excessive borrowing, corruption in government and wasteful and reckless expenditures. 

“With ordinary Ghanaians going through excruciating hardships and businesses relocating from Ghana as a result of the high tax regime created by the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government, one would have expected the President to downsize his already large government. This would have sent a signal to the people that the President was mindful of the economic realities and was willing to do things differently to restore the needed confidence in the economy.”

The Minority members further stressed that “We will not, and cannot, take part in a decision to further burden the already suffering Ghanaian, especially when the president is unmindful of the financial consequences of his bloated government.