Media personality Nana Romeo
Media personality Nana Romeo has called on the government to review the country’s constitution to allow individuals outside of parliament to hold ministerial positions.
In a discussion on United Showbiz on February 8, 2025, Nana Romeo emphasised that parliament and the relevant institutions responsible for constitutional review should act swiftly to enable the president to appoint ministers from outside parliament.
He made this statement about claims that entertainment personalities such as Baba Sadiq, Abeiku Santana, and Rex Omar were not appointed to the role of Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Creative Arts because they were not Members of Parliament.
“I think there should be a review of the constitution because it states that the majority of the ministers should come from parliament. Assuming Baba Sadiq, Abeiku Santana, and others were MPs, I am sure President Mahama would have appointed them,” he said.
Nana Romeo added that Ghanaians shouldn’t be overly concerned about the appointment of Yussif Jajah as the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Creative Arts.
According to him, Mark Okraku Mantey, the former Creative Arts Deputy Minister, was from the industry but was unable to fulfil many of the promises the ministry made to Ghanaians.
He explained that, for this reason, Yussif Jajah shouldn’t be held accountable if he underperforms.
“Those from the creative arts sector who became deputy ministers didn’t bring significant changes to the industry.
“Also, many projects they discussed were left unaccomplished during their time in power. So, people shouldn’t be overly concerned about the deputy minister’s ability to do the work, as most of the tasks will be handled by the substantive minister,” he added.
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Nana Romeo advocates for a revision of the 1992 Constitution to allow for the appointment of more Ministers from outside Parliament#UTVGhana pic.twitter.com/eVYE4Ag3WJ
— UTV Ghana (@utvghana) February 10, 2025
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