Deputy Ministers vetting on the ice

Mr Alban Bagbin, the Minority Leader, on Tuesday said vetting of designated deputy ministers was being put on the ice for proper procedures to be followed.

He said the Appointment Committee could not be plunged into performing its work when the grounds have not been prepared for a thorough work to be done.

Explaining the circumstances surrounding the inability of the committee to start the vetting slated for Tuesday, Mr Bagbin said it was only this morning that they received the curriculum vitae on the nominated deputy ministers.

He said the security services have also been served and that no feed back has been received from them.

The Committee had agreed that following from the hectic work involved in the approval of budgetary estimates for the various ministries the vetting should be done during parliamentary recess, which comes off on Friday.

Mr Bagbin said while this arrangement was agreed upon it was surprising to learn from the media that the vetting was to come on today.