Creation of new ministries necessary for
development
Parliament to reconvene on 6 May
Creation of new ministries necessary for
development
The new ministries are therefore necessary to handle such
national crucial issues and that explains the reason for the creation of more
ministries and increase in the number of ministers than was the case twenty
years ago.
Mrs Mercy Bampo Addo, acting Registrar of the Ghana Institute of Management
and Public Administration (GIMPA) nominated for appointment as Deputy Minister
at the Office of the President said this on Wednesday.
She was among the second batch of 10 people to appear before
the Appointments Committee of Parliament to be considered for ministerial and
deputy ministerial appointments. The first batch of the President's nominees
were considered and approved by Parliament and sworn into office by the
President, John Agyekum Kufuor
last week.
Mrs Addo is a graduate of the
Mrs Addo said there was the need
to look at the needs of the society, offer skilled training to graduates and to
make training institutions to offer skill training for the needed professions
to create job opportunities.
The deputy Minister-designate said there has been a change
in some aspects of training where people in business have entered into training
and not just for academic exercises. On her view about the increased number of
special assistants and "spinning doctors", she said a clearly designated
individual would be desirable to handle government's public relations.
Mrs. Addo said GIMPA intends to
get the required number of resource persons and to extend their activities to
the regions to enable more people to take advantage of the course contents and
also as a way of reducing the high cost for the courses.
David K. Gyewu, a Special
Assistant at the Office of the President also appeared before the Committee to
be considered for appointment as deputy Minister at the Ministry of Communications
and Technology. He holds an MSc in Information Systems, Design and Management
from
Gyewu said the licensing of telecommunication
operators was to bring about competition and registration and to ensure
efficient performance. He said even though the three operators, Westel, Telecom and Capital may be enough for the country
an additional operator would bring about competition, provided the original
operators do not improve on growth and increase telephone lines.
Gyewu said the problem with the
inter-connectivity in the country was that there were many lines than the
equipment could cope with and so the need for an improvement of technology. He
said another area that need to be strengthened is the
quality service guarantees between the providers of service and the customer
and that the trade liberalisation in the 1994 has brought in its wake high
tariffs and interference in making calls.
Emmanuel Adjei Boye,
Member of Parliament for Krowor in Accra Metropolis
also appeared before the Committee to be considered for appointment as deputy
Minister-designate of the Ministry of Roads and Highways.
He holds Masters Degrees in Electrical Engineering and in
Finance and was the Managing Director of Mackays
Electronics and Electrical Limited. Boye said the
creation of the new Ministry of Ports, Harbours and Railways was necessary so
that the needed expertise could be channelled to develop the sector.
He said he would not advice the creation of a Ministry for
Aviation but would recommend that it be placed under the Ministry of Transport
so that the Ministry could be termed the Ministry of Roads, Highways and
Transport.
The deputy Minister-designate said since the road fund was
inadequate to develop roads there was the need for tolling new and old trunk
roads should be tolled to ensure that maintenance. Boye
said his mission would be to assist the ministry to provide an integrated, well-managed,
viable and sustainable road network and to ensure an improved road network
between the urban and rural areas. He said the Frequency Control Board need to
check, monitor and enforce the laws and regulations governing the establishment
of the Frequency Modulations radio stations.
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Parliament to reconvene on 6 May
Accra (Greater Accra) 02 May 2003- Parliament would reconvene on Tuesday, 6 May
a statement signed by the First Deputy Speaker, Frederick Blay
said on Thursday. This would be the Second Meeting of the Third Session of the
Third Parliament.
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