There is no vacuum at Defence Ministry -Brogya Genfi 

Deputy Minister for Defence, Ernest Brogya Genfi, had indicated that there is no leadership vacuum at the Ministry of Defence.

Speaking on Channel One Newsroom programme at the weekend, Ernest Brogya Genfi emphasised that, “There is no vacuum. There is a Minister responsible for the Defence Ministry and that Minister is Hon. Cassiel Ato Forson. As Deputy Minister, I am to assist the Minister in the performance of his functions as mandated by the Constitution. So there is no vacuum at the Ministry,” he said.

His reaction to concerns that there is a leadership vacuum at the Defence Ministry, follows calls by the Minority for the appointment of a substantive minister, as a result of recent security incidents including the terrorist attack on Ghanaian tomato traders in Burkina Faso that claimed eight lives, and the recent attack on Ghana’s peacekeeping base under the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Lebanon.

The Minority in Parliament want President John Dramani Mahama to appoint a substantive Defence Minister, following the demise of Dr. Edward Omane Boamah last year, August.

But the Deputy Defence Minister maintained that the decision to appoint a substantive minister rests solely with the President.

He insisted that the ministry continues to function effectively under the current arrangement.

The Deputy Minister for Defence also suggested that the opposition’s concerns stem from surprise at the President’s ability to govern with a smaller number of ministers.

 

 

 

For more news, join The Chronicle Newspaper channel on WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbBSs55E50UqNPvSOm2z

The post There is no vacuum at Defence Ministry -Brogya Genfi  appeared first on The Ghanaian Chronicle.

Read Full Story