The Deputy Majority Leader and Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo Markin has pleaded with the Minority side in parliament to support the approval of the new ministerial nominees of President Akufo-Addo.

According to the Deputy Majority Leader, there is nothing in the 1992 Constitution that contradicts their qualification for the jobs.

He, therefore, noted that since there have not been any concerns about their qualification for the job, the minority should eschew all differences and approve the nominees.

“As we know now, for the records, nobody has come out with any contrary view on these nominees,” he said.

Commenting on the minority’s position on the size of government, he further explained that although members may have critiqued the size of government, “…the captain in charge is also constitutionally mandated to look at his vision and again move along with a certain number.”

“So I call on colleagues to do the needful by supporting this report so that by consensus, Mr Speaker, …Easter is just around the corner we are in the period of lent and fasting – Ramadan also just started, let us tell the country that because of the lent and Ramadan, every heat in us has been subdued and that we can make progress,” he urged.

It would be recalled that President Akufo-Addo on February 7, reshuffled some ministers in his government as well as nominated new ones to be approved by Parliament.

The Ministers were subsequently vetted by Parliament’s Appointment Committee for which a report was presented before Parliament to be debated.