Parliament has approved the nomination of President Nana Akufo-Addo's Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen and eleven deputy minister nominees recommended by the Appointments Committee.

The list is the first batch to be approved out of 40 nominees. 

Apart from Mr Adu Boahen, some of the nominees approved include Benito Owusu Bio, who is a deputy minister-designate of Lands and Natural Resources and Mr Collins Augustine Ntim, who is a deputy minister-designate of Local Governance, Decentralisation and Rural Development.

The Chairman of the Appointments Committee and first deputy speaker of parliament, Mr Joseph Osei-Owusu, said the committee approved their nomination after ensuring that they met all the required constitutional provisions among other considerations.

Minority leader, Haruna Idrissu, who supported the motion for the approval of the nominees, also charged members of the public to respond to notice of memoranda published by the committee on nominees ahead of their vetting to aid their work in ensuring that only persons fit for their nominated role are approved.