Clergymen to petition Appointment’s Committee over Oye Lithur’s nomination

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png The Clergy Members Association of Ghana would on Wednesday petition the Appointment’s Committee to disapprove the nomination of Nana Oye Lithur as Minister of Gender, [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Confusion In NPP; Nana Akomea Under Fire – Report

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png The dynamics of politics within the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is becoming ugly with certain figures playing the ‘Mr Clean’ game. One of such [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Supreme Court Will Vindicate NDC – Yaw Boateng-Gyan

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png The National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Yaw Boateng-Gyan, has assured party supporters and members to gird their loins and strategise to [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Konadu Rejoins NDC – Report

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Contrary to reports that the Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings’ led National Democratic Party (NDP) has joined forces with the ‘Let My Vote Count Alliance’ to [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Mahama Orders Investigations Into $80m Gold Seizure

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png President John Mahama has ordered investigations into reports that 80 million dollars worth of Ghana’s gold being transported to Iran was seized at a Turkish [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Nana Addo Doesn’t Believe God Is The Kingmaker – Capt. Sowu

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), retired Captain Joel Sowu has urged the NPP Flagbearer to concede defeat and withdraw the matter from [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Christopher Opoku rates the Stars

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png These are our player ratings for the Black Stars during Ghana’s 3-0 win over Niger. 1. Fatau Dauda: Looked reasonably solid in goal, even though [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Store Charges $125 To Downgrade Windows 8 Machines to Windows 7

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Consumer reaction towards Windows 8 has been mixed, and that’s putting it generously, but are the Windows 7 faithful so dissatisfied with Microsoft’s latest operating [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Atsu wins Man-of-the-match award

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Christian Atsu has been voted the Orange man-of-the-match in Ghana’s 3-0 win over Niger in their final group game on Monday night. The Porto wunderkind, [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Netherland’s Queen Beatrix Abdicates Throne For Son

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has announced that she will abdicate on April 30 after 33 years as head of state. Her abdication will clear [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Dismissed Police Officer Cuts Off Aunt’s Head Over “Unpalatable Meal’’

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png A 26-year-old man in Shinge area of Lafia, allegedly beheaded his aunt, Mrs Naira Yohanna, early on Sunday, the police and family members said. The [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Nigeria: Boko Haram Agree To Cease Fire

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png THE Jama’atul Ahalis Sunna Lida’awati Wal Jihad, a.k.a Boko Haram Islamic sect which has been terrorizing some states in the North, particularly Borno, Monday agreed [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

D’banj Has Joined Illuminati… I Prefer 2Face And Wizkid – Says Nigerian Reggae Star Majek Fashek

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png As the old school acts continue to give way to the new generation superstars, veteran reggae musician, Majek Fashek seems to be impressed with a [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Drogba On His Way To Galatasaray

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Galatasaray have announced they have reached an agreement to sign Didier Drogba. The former Chelsea striker will join the Turkish giants from Chinese side Shanghai [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Ghana Is Being Led By A “Loser” – Prof. Mike Oquaye

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Former 2nd Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye has stated categorically that the outcome of the 2012 general elections doesn’t truly reflect the presidential [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Mahama’s Legitimacy Does Not Lie In NPP’s Mouth

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png A member of the communication team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has posited that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) cannot determine the legitimacy of [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Woyome Angry After Adjournment Of His Case

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png The case in which the state is accusing businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome of defrauding it of Ghc 51 million has once again been adjourned. Joy [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

NDC, EC Printing Fake Pink Sheets To Counter NPP Evidence – Kofi Jumah Alleges

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Asokwa, Maxwell Kofi Jumah, is accusing the NDC’s Ras Mubarak of conniving with some Electoral Commission [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Voice From Afar: We Should Make The Governance Systems Work

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Voice From Afar: We Should Make The Governance Systems Work By K.B. Asante The Solicitor-General is reported to have told the Commission of Inquiry into [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Referee Grisha sent home

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png The Egyptian match official who refereed Nigeria’s Group C game against Zambia last Friday at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, Gehad Grisha will take no [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

No Work! No Pay! Mahama To Block Salaries Of Minority MPs – Report

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Credible information emanating from the seat of Government has strongly indicated that President John Mahama, otherwise described as the ‘illegitimate President’ by the opposition New [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Wereko-Brobbey Voted Without Verification

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png A member of the New Patriotic Party’s Communications Team, Asamoah Gyamfi has alleged, outspoken founding member, Dr Charles Wereko-Brobby voted in the December 2012 elections [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

No School For One Million Children

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Challenging Heights, a child rights advocacy organisation in Ghana, is warning of a “very bleak” future for about one million Ghanaian children who are out [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Nduom: 2012 Elections Lacked Credibility; Supports NPP’s Petition

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png The flag bearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) in the 2012 general election, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom has added his voice to the claims [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

‘Three Wise Men’ Are The ‘Connection Men’ And ‘Goro Boys’ In Mahama’s Government – Ken Kurankye

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png The fourth appointment list of President John Mahama named three former ministers, E.T. Mensah, Cletus Avoka and Alban Bagbin, who are popularly referred to as [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

College Graduant Goes Crazy On Graduation Day, Kills Five People

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png People of Tse-Alaaigyu, Ikyaghev district of Naka, Gwer West local government area of Benue State are yet to come out of the shock and unbelief [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Ex-Black Stars Coach Dossena Tips Team For AFCON Final

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Former Ghana coach Guissepe Dossena is tipping the Black Stars, who are yet to click into gear-to reach the final of the 2013 Africa Cup [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Danquah Institute Demands Whereabouts Of Seized Gold

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Policy Think Tank, Danquah Institute is demanding explanations from the Mahama-led administration on the alleged seizure of some gold from Ghana in Turkey. The 1.5 [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Man Beheaded At Bunso

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png A man believed to be in his late 40s was beheaded on Sunday by an unknown assailant. An eyewitness told Adom News the man was [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

NDP Joins Let My Vote Count Alliance

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png The Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings’s led National Democratic Party (NDP) has joined pressure group the Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA). The LMVCA, a pressure [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Ghana Is Becoming A One-Party State – Ken Kuranchie

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Editor in-Chief of the Daily Searchlight Newspaper, Mr Ken Kuranchie has accused the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) of attempting to turn Ghana into one-party [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Azarenka Downs Li To Defend Australian Open Crown

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Victoria Azarenka successfully defended her Australian Open title to retain the world No. 1 ranking with victory over Li Na. The Belarusian lost the opening [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Brazil Night Club Fire Kills 232 In Santa Maria

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png At least 232 people have died in a fire that swept through a nightclub in a university city in southern Brazil, police and officials say. [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

President Obama Questions Safety Of NFL

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png President Barack Obama says he’s a football fan but that if he had a son, considering the impact the game has on its players, he [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Djokovic Beats Murray To Win Australian Open

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Novak Djokovic became the first man to win three successive Australian Open titles in the professional era when he beat third-seed Andy Murray 6-7 7-6 [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Torres Rescues Chelsea From Defeat At Brentford

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Much-maligned striker Fernando Torres rescued FA Cup holders Chelsea from an ignominious fourth-round exit after his 83rd-minute equaliser salvaged a 2-2 draw at third tier [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

STATEMENT: H.E. Mr John Dramani Mahama’s Address At The 20th Ordinary Session Of The Assembly Of Heads Of State And Government Of The African Union

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Your Excellency Mr Yayi Boni, Chairperson of the African Union and President of the Republic of Benin, Colleague Heads of State and Government, Your Excellency [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Nigeria: President Wants Private Sector, Alumni Funding For Varsities

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png President Goodluck Jonathan, Saturday, urged the private sector to join hands with the Federal Government in forging partnerships with the universities in funding research and [...] +Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Ministers Of State Are Crucial To Mahama’s Govt - Dr Gariba

Fifi Kwetey, one of the six Ministers-of-State appointed by President Ma

The six Ministers of State at the Presidency who have been nominated by President John Mahama are expected to effectively oversee the nearly 51 institutions under the Presidency.

Sections of the general public and governance experts have questioned the nominations of the six as Ministers of State at the Presidency demanding to know what their core duties will be.

However, speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Monday, the Senior Policy Advisor at the Office of the President, Dr. Sulley Gariba explained that “in the Office of the President, there are nearly 51 institutions that are coordinated so apart from the Presidency providing leadership for the whole governance setup, there are 51 disparate institutions.”

He listed the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) and the National Identification Authority (NIA), the Population Council and the Ghana AIDS Commission as some of the institutions which require the President’s attention.

The 51 institutions he noted are among the most central institutions that orchestrate the governance of the country.

Dr. Gariba therefore pointed out that the high number of institutions under the Presidency “deserves adequate supervision.”

“There is an onerous responsibility to have effective oversight for these. They are not Ministries as such but they have substance in making impact on Ghanaian citizens,” he said.

The appointed six according to Dr. Gariba were appointed based on their competence and there will be mandated to “assist him [President Mahama] in keeping effective oversight and in the monitoring and evaluation of these 51 institutions.”

The six Ministers of State at the Presidency are Alhassan Azong, Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed, Mrs. Elizabeth Ofosu-Agyare, Fifi Kwetey, Alhaji Limuna Mohammed Muniru, and Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe Ghansah.


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