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play videoInformation Minister-designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu has lauded Information Minister Designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah for his excellent job at handling the government’s communication. He said though the nature of Mr Oppong Nkrumah’s work as Information Minister was not an easy one, he has managed to streamline the government’s communication effectively.
He passed the comments at Parliament’s Appointments Committee sitting on Thursday, February 18, 2021, when Mr Oppong Nkrumah appeared before the committee to be vetted as Minister for Information.
The nominee who is also the MP for Ofoase Ayirebi provided answers to several questions posed by members of the committee. He called for increased support for the media in the country emphasizing that the media plays a critical role in our democratic dispensation and hence must be assisted to go about their activities in a free and independent manner.
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Former Education Minister Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has retracted and apologised for accusing former President John Mahama of machinations to sabotage the Computerised School Placement system in 2019.
The Mahnyia MP during his vetting on Friday told Parliament’s Appointments Committee that he has no evidence to show that the 2020 NDC Flagbearer bused people to the Independence Square to throw a spanner in the works of what the Education Ministry was doing.
Answering a question from Alhassan Suhunyini, Tamale North NDC MP, the medical doctor turn politician also known as Napo said he has regretted saying that and would want to apologise to the former First Gentleman.