In 2015, Member of Parliament for Juaboso, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh appeared before the Appointments Committee of Parliament to be vetted for the Deputy Minister-designate for Water Resources, Works & Housing position.
The vetting process which kicked off smoothly soon was marred by a series of jokes after the committee took a dive into the Curriculum Vitae (CV) of Mintah Akandoh.
Mr. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, stated on his CV that his work experience was serving as a dining hall prefect while at the senior secondary school.
The committee sought to know why among other things, he had presented his role as a dining hall prefect as a work experience.
Mr. Akandoh also stated under the work experience category that he gained work experience as an executive of the Student Representative Council (SRC) when he was in high school.
After some members of the committee had insisted that serving as a dining hall prefect was not work experience, the Chairman of the Committee, Ebo Barton Odro, reminded Mintah Akandoh that since work experience came with remuneration and serving as a dining hall prefect did not go with remuneration, he did not see why the minister-designate included it in his CV.
“Was it because you were taking double plate during meals so you added it to the CV?” quipped a member amid laughter.
Mr. Akandoh, however, explained, “Mr. Chairman, work experience is not in the strict sense of being remunerated but whatever I have done before. That is why I included that but if the committee thinks I should correct that, I will humbly do so.”
More laughter was to follow when he was asked why he did not include walking and sleeping in his CV since they were daily activities.
Mr. Akandoh had included in his CV that he attended a seminar on Champion in London without explaining further.
Chairman of the Appointment Committee: “Somebody is talking about “Champion condoms’’.
Mr. Akandoh thereafter explained, “Mr. Chairman, the conference I attended was about “champion leadership’’.
