Parliament’s Appointments Committee is set to vet five nominees put forward by President John Dramani Mahama for ministerial and Supreme Court appointments.
The public hearing is scheduled for Thursday, August 27, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. at Committee Rooms 1 and 2 of the New Administration Block of Parliament House in Accra.
According to a memo issued by the Director of Media Relations of the Parliamentary Service, Mr David Sebastian Damoah, the nominees include two Members of Parliament selected for ministerial positions and three nominees to the Supreme Court.
The ministerial nominees are Mahama Ayariga, MP for Bawku Central, who has been nominated as Minister-designate for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, and Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, MP for Klottey-Korle, nominated as Minister-designate for Environment, Science and Technology.
The Committee will also consider the nominations of Justice Sophia Rosetta Obuokuwa Bernasko Essah and Justice Edward Amoako Asante, both Justices of the Court of Appeal, for elevation to the Supreme Court.
The fifth nominee is Anthony Forson Jnr, a private legal practitioner and former President of the Ghana Bar Association, who has also been nominated to the Supreme Court.
The exercise forms part of Parliament’s constitutional responsibility to scrutinise and approve presidential nominees for ministerial positions and appointments to the superior courts.
The nominees are expected to face questions from members of the Committee on their qualifications, experience and suitability for the respective positions before the Committee makes its recommendations to the House.
