The Ghana Tuna Association has petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin over Fisheries minister designate, Mavis Hawa Koomson’s poor performance at her vetting.
According to the association, though they had earlier stated that they were willing to work with anyone, it’s become imperative from Mrs Koomson’s vetting that they pick the early signals and oppose her appointment.
It highlighted some sector concerns in the petition like the collapsing pole and line sector, the dearth of skilled labour, international relations matters concerning climate change, among others.
In its petition, the association said Mrs. Koomson’s “basic skill sets, biases and passions are such that they may not fit into dealing with the challenges that the sector faces currently and the other workings expected of the sector minister.”
Though the association said it has been so willing to work with any person who is appointed at the pleasure of the President it noted that “recent experiences have taught us that we need as stakeholders to pick the early signals and submit our concerns to the attention of the appointing authority for whatever remedy that may be available, in order to protect our industries and businesses from decisions that are likely to impact them negatively and further collapse the sector”.
Source: GhanaFeed.com
