Manasseh Azure Awuni an award-winning investigative journalist has stated it was senseless and shameful for Parliament not to vet Linda Ocloo the Accra Regional minister.
According to Manasseh Azure Awuni, a person who wants to preside over an important public office should be withdrawn immediately if he or she cannot stand scrutiny or accountability.
In a long write-up on social media X, Manasseh Azure stated, “ The Minority Leader of Parliament, Alexander Afenyo Markin, is widely quoted in media reports as saying that the Appointments Committee of Parliament did not ask you any questions at your vetting because the committee was begged on your behalf. The reason for the begging was that you could not stand scrutiny, so the committee gave you a pass, and Parliament subsequently approved your nomination as the Minister for the Greater Accra Region”.
“That is senseless and shameful by Parliament. A person who wants to preside over an important public office should be withdrawn immediately if he or she cannot stand scrutiny or accountability. But knowing what I know of our Parliament, this news did not shock me”, he added.
Manasseh Azure Awuni further stated that he was shocked when Linda Ocloo met the CEO of Zoomlion and Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Joseph Siaw Agyepong to collaborate on keeping Accra clean.
“Linda Ocloo, if you have some modicum of conscience—and I suppose you do—you would rescind your decision on Jospong and Zoomlion by just reading the comments people shared on the Facebook post about your meeting with Siaw Agyepong. From those comments, even the BuzStopBoys who don’t have any contract with the government, are doing better than Zoomlion”, he added.
See his post below:
LINDA OCLOO IS COURTING CORRUPTION, NOT SOLUTION
************************************************************Dear Linda Ocloo,
The Minority Leader of Parliament, Alexander Afenyo Markin, is widely quoted in media reports as saying that the Appointments Committee of Parliament… pic.twitter.com/Ssn5NXI0a5
— Manasseh Azure Awuni (@Manasseh_Azure) February 5, 2025
