Akuapem North Member of Parliament Sami Awuku has challenged the legality of the appointment of Ms. Gertrude Emefa Donkor because the Chairperson of the Ghana Tourism Board, claiming that her present position as Managing Director of Goldbod Jewelery, a state-owned entity, disqualifies her as a consultant of the personal sector beneath the Tourism Act 2011 (Act No. 817).
In a Fb put up on Sunday evening, the NPP lawmaker cited Article 4, Part 1 of the Tourism Act, which clearly requires the chairman to be from the personal sector.
“This isn’t a query of character. It’s a query of compliance with the regulation,” Awuku wrote.
His argument is straightforward and clear. An individual who heads a public establishment, workout routines public energy, or manages public sources on behalf of the state can not on the identical time be thought of a consultant of the personal sector beneath tourism regulation.
Mr. Awuku acknowledged that the federal government may argue that the GTA appointment preceded Mr. Donkor’s appointment as Goldbod’s managing director. However even when the state of affairs modifications and he or she turns into the top of a state establishment, she insisted that authorized necessities ought to nonetheless be revered.
Other than the difficulty of eligibility, the Akuapem North MP additionally raised issues over the focus of appointments in a single individual and why the identical individual is being held in a number of strategic roles when certified professionals in tourism, hospitality, journey, occasions and artistic arts can nonetheless maintain the job.
He additionally drew a pointy distinction to the federal government’s personal coverage commitments. “We had been instructed a couple of 24-hour economic system and a 1:3:3 system – one job, three individuals, three shifts – to create extra alternatives for extra Ghanaians,” Awuku wrote, including that what is going on now seems to run counter to that imaginative and prescient.
NPP members famous that Article 70 of the 1992 Structure confers broad appointment powers on the President, however argued that these powers have to be exercised inside the particular legal guidelines governing every company.
“Mr. President, we can not declare to be strengthening a system whereas showing to disregard provisions that had been deliberately enacted to guard and strengthen those self same establishments,” he stated.
He known as on the Ministry of Tourism to supply a transparent public clarification of how the appointment met the necessities of the Tourism Act.
As of the publication of this text, neither the Ghana Tourism Board, GoldBod Jewelery nor the Ministry of Tourism have responded to the issues.
