Ministerial Vetting: How Can You Ask A Minister-Designate To Sing Hymns? – Kwesi Pratt Blasts Appointments Committee

Kwesi Pratt has taken a swipe at Parliament’s Appointments Committee over the vetting of the ministerial appointees of President John Dramani Mahama.

The Committee has, in a live telecast, been assessing the appointees on their competence to execute the task given to them.

So far, Ministers-designate for Education, Lands, Finance, Ashanti Regional Minister and others have been vetted.

Commenting on the vetting during a “Kokrokoo” panel discussion programme on Peace FM, the seasoned journalist raised concerns about the conduct of the Committee members as to him, the Committee is seemingly joking with the vetting.

Mr. Pratt touched on the questions that some of the Committee members pose to the appointees which, in his view, are unnecessary.

He cited an instance where a Minister-designate was asked to sing Methodist hymns questioning how relevant this is to the governance of Ghana.

“If the person comes before you and you tell him to sing Methodist hymn and he sings it, how does it address these issues?”, he queried.

He advised the Committee to focus and ask questions bordering on national issues, not matters he considers “petty”.

“The vetting is not about tweeting. It is not about Methodist hymns”, he remarked.

Source: Ghmessenger.com